# Amputations at United Launch Alliance, LLC.
> OSHA SIR `2022119766` · 11/7/2022 · STARKE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Metal pipes, tubing
- **Secondary source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** United Launch Alliance, LLC.
- **Location:** 5629 SR 16W, STARKE, FLORIDA, 32091
- **NAICS:** 336411
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On November 7, 2022, an employee was bending a piece of a one-inch galvanized steel conduit with his hands, using an X-frame for leverage. The conduit slipped, causing his left ring finger to become caught between the conduit and the X-frame. The employee's left ring fingertip was amputated without bone loss.

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