# Amputations at ETR heat transfer service
> OSHA SIR `2021010775` · 1/28/2021 · LONGVIEW, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** ETR heat transfer service
- **Location:** 100 coolant lane, LONGVIEW, TEXAS, 75604
- **NAICS:** 333415
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was assisting a forklift operator with unloading 10-inch and 4-inch pipes when the employee's ring and middle fingers were caught underneath a 4-inch pipe, resulting in a partial amputation of the tips of their ring and middle fingers.

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