# Amputations at Wolseley Industrial Group
> OSHA SIR `2020088135` · 8/26/2020 · THEODORE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Cranes, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Valves, nozzles
## Employer
- **Name:** Wolseley Industrial Group
- **Location:** 5371 Hamilton Blvd, THEODORE, ALABAMA, 36582
- **NAICS:** 423710
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping a crane operator move a valve off a pallet. The employee hooked up the valve by the shaft. When it was raised, the valve shifted and caught the employee's right index finger against the crane block. The fingertip was amputated.

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