# Amputations at Thompson Pipe Group
> OSHA SIR `2019087875` · 8/1/2019 · GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Thompson Pipe Group
- **Location:** 1004 McArthur Blvd, GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS, 75050
- **NAICS:** 327332
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping to hoist a pipe. The pipe swung and the employee's finger was caught between it and a beam. He suffered an amputation to the left middle finger.

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