# Amputations at Building America Stronger Welding, LLC.
> OSHA SIR `2022032370` · 3/16/2022 · WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Clamps, couplings
## Employer
- **Name:** Building America Stronger Welding, LLC.
- **Location:** 1238 Wisconsin Avenue, NW, WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, 20007
- **NAICS:** 238910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was setting steel column. While removing the clamp, the employee's right ring fingertip was pinched when the clamp slid resulting in amputation.

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