# Amputations at Jindal Pipe USA, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2022109038` · 10/14/2022 · BAYTOWN, TEXAS
## 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:** Jindal Pipe USA, Inc
- **Location:** 1411 South FM 565, BAYTOWN, TEXAS, 77523
- **NAICS:** 332996
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was holding a 3-inch pipe clamp while a co-worker pried the pipe clamp open. The clamp slid out and pinched the employee's right index finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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