# Amputations at South Texas Welding Service
> OSHA SIR `2021053750` · 5/6/2021 · BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Fasteners, connectors, ropes, ties, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** South Texas Welding Service
- **Location:** 1 Rocket Road, BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, 78521
- **NAICS:** 336414
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were working to cut and remove a 12-inch neck flange and replace it with a pipe section. Both employees pulled the flange out. The 50 to 60 pound flange then pinched and amputated the right middle fingertip of one of the employees.

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