# Amputations at Plains All American Pipeline, L.P.
> OSHA SIR `2022031954` · 3/3/2022 · EIGHT MILE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Valves, nozzles
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Plains All American Pipeline, L.P.
- **Location:** 7030 Sharpless Drive North, EIGHT MILE, ALABAMA, 36613
- **NAICS:** 486110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A valve stem had been stood up against the blades of a forklift so an employee could take a measurement. It slid down the forklift fork, striking the employee's left hand and partially amputating the index fingertip.

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