# Amputations at TMK IPSCO
> OSHA SIR `2019066190` · 6/19/2019 · KOPPEL, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Valves, nozzles
## Employer
- **Name:** TMK IPSCO
- **Location:** 6403 6th Avenue, KOPPEL, PENNSYLVANIA, 16136
- **NAICS:** 331110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was positioning a flap gate airlock valve. The valve was turned while his hand was on it, resulting in an amputation.

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