# Amputations at US Environmental Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019065592` · 6/4/2019 · PERTH AMBOY, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Clamps, couplings
## Employer
- **Name:** US Environmental Inc.
- **Location:** 380 maurer rd, PERTH AMBOY, NEW JERSEY, 08861
- **NAICS:** 484230
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were carrying a pipe when a connection clamp released and closed on a finger on one employee's right hand. The finger was amputated at the third phalanx.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*