# Amputations at ITT Engineered Valves, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023010698` · 1/23/2023 · AMORY, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Fasteners, connectors, ropes, ties, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** ITT Engineered Valves, LLC
- **Location:** 1110 Bankhead Ave., AMORY, MISSISSIPPI, 38821
- **NAICS:** 332911
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was assisting another employee to weld and place a flange onto the body assembly. After aligning the flange for placement, the employee went to pull it into place when their right index finger became caught between the flange and the flange web, 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*