# Amputations at Mueller Copper Tube Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020065641` · 6/17/2020 · FULTON, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Grinders, abraders
## Employer
- **Name:** Mueller Copper Tube Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 400 Mueller Rd., FULTON, MISSISSIPPI, 38843
- **NAICS:** 331421
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A employee was grinding a metal bar on a floor grinder. The bar became caught between the work rest and grinding wheel. The employee's right middle fingertip was amputated when the bar was pulled by the grinding wheel.

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