# Amputations at Brown & Root Industrial Services, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2021108526` · 10/2/2021 · BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Brown & Root Industrial Services, LLC
- **Location:** 2600 Citiplace Drive, BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA, 70808
- **NAICS:** 811310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was squatting down to knock some rubber buildup loose on the inside of a diverter feed hose when the valve diverted in the direction of his left hand, pinching the tip of his left middle finger between the diverter feed hose and the diverter housing. The employee suffered a fingertip amputation.

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