# Amputations at B & N WELDING & FABRICATION, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2020076264` · 7/6/2020 · PLANT CITY, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Metal pipes, tubing
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** B & N WELDING & FABRICATION, INC.
- **Location:** 4200 National Guard Drive, PLANT CITY, FLORIDA, 33563
- **NAICS:** 811118
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a 1-inch-diameter metal pipe onto the forks of a forklift. The employee's left hand was pinched between the pipe and the forks; the ring fingertip was crushed and amputated.

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