# Amputations at Northern Pipe Products, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20191010450` · 10/6/2019 · FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Extruding machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Northern Pipe Products, Inc.
- **Location:** 1302 39th Steet N, FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA, 58102
- **NAICS:** 333511
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was setting up a line for 14-inch PVC pipe production. As the PVC pipe came out of the extruder, it started to sag. The employee lifted the pipe with the left hand to align it and was controlling the remote with the right hand. When the tank came in, the employee's left thumb was caught between the alignment pin and the tank, resulting in a thumb tip amputation between the nail and first knuckle.

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