# Amputations at Bering Industries Incorporated
> OSHA SIR `2020088291` · 8/24/2020 · KODIAK, ALASKA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Bering Industries Incorporated
- **Location:** 8300 Rezanoff Drive, KODIAK, ALASKA, 99615
- **NAICS:** 237120
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

A crew of five employees used two forklifts along with a telehandler to load and carry pipe that had been cut into 125-foot sections from the fuel pier to the parking lot for painting. The injured employee was guiding the pipe while it was being moved by the forklift. The pipe struck a bush and began swaying and the injured employee's hand was caught between the pipe and the building next to it. The employee's right ring and pinky fingers were amputated.

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