# Amputations at Centric Pipe
> OSHA SIR `2023010730` · 1/24/2023 · BOSSIER CITY, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Cranes-gantry, overhead, monorail, container
- **Secondary source:** Racks-garment and other
## Employer
- **Name:** Centric Pipe
- **Location:** 430 Hamilton Rd, BOSSIER CITY, LOUISIANA, 71111
- **NAICS:** 331210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading steel coils onto a ground storage rack using an overhead crane with a handheld remote. The employee placed his left hand on a coil when it drifted and pinched his middle finger between another coil. The employee suffered a skin avulsion that resulted in a partial amputation.

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