# Amputations at Welspun Tubular, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20221110369` · 11/28/2022 · LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Metal pipes, tubing
## Employer
- **Name:** Welspun Tubular, LLC
- **Location:** 9301 Frazier Pike, LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, 72206
- **NAICS:** 331210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was returning to work when they noticed that the tabs of two steel pipes had become interlocked with one another. As a co-worker was helping to remove a tab from one of the pipes using a plasma cutter, the pipes moved and the injured employee's left hand became caught between the pipes. The employee sustained an amputation to the left index finger.

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