# Amputations at Brandenburg Industrial Services Company Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022021547` · 2/17/2022 · PINEVILLE, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Scrap metal
## Employer
- **Name:** Brandenburg Industrial Services Company Inc.
- **Location:** 3701 Monroe Hwy, PINEVILLE, LOUISIANA, 71360
- **NAICS:** 238910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was picking up scrap metal. Metal pieces scissored and pinched the employee's right ring finger, causing a possible fingertip amputation.

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