# Amputations at BWJ Metal Works, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2021087322` · 8/26/2021 · ABILENE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
- **Source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** BWJ Metal Works, LLC
- **Location:** 3051 East HWY 80, ABILENE, TEXAS, 79601
- **NAICS:** 332322
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was picking up a pipe from a plasma table. The pipe slipped out of her hand, catching it against the plasma table. The employee suffered an amputation to the right middle fingertip.

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