# Amputations at Baum America Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2022119804` · 11/8/2022 · CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Bending, rolling, shaping machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Baum America Corporation
- **Location:** 3 PPSI Circle, CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA, 25312
- **NAICS:** 326122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was placing a pipe into a pipe flaring machine when the vice clamp was activated. The employee's fingers became caught, resulting in a partial fingertip amputation.

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