# Amputations at Alafab, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2019099107` · 9/3/2019 · MOBILE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Metal pipes, tubing
- **Secondary source:** Benches, workbenches, saw horses
## Employer
- **Name:** Alafab, Inc
- **Location:** 770 Pierce Rd., MOBILE, ALABAMA, 36608
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was welding and grinding on a 14-inch, 40-foot pipe resting on two sawhorses. As employees adjusted the pipe, it fell off the sawhorses and struck the employee doing the welding, who suffered a broken right thigh bone, a broken left ankle, and an amputated fingertip on the right hand.

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