# Amputations at Benoit Premium Threading, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20191112304` · 11/27/2019 · HOUMA, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Overhead hoists, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Benoit Premium Threading, LLC
- **Location:** 3400 Industrial Park Drive, HOUMA, LOUISIANA, 70363
- **NAICS:** 332996
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was hoisting a bundle of pipes, and the employee's right hand was positioned on the bundle for stability. The hoist's up button was pushed, causing the employee's right middle and ring fingers to become crushed between the pipes and resulting in the amputation of both fingertips.

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