# Amputations at Welspun Tubular, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023021692` · 2/22/2023 · LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Grinders, abraders
## Employer
- **Name:** Welspun Tubular, LLC
- **Location:** 9301 FRAZIER PIKE, LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, 72206
- **NAICS:** 331210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working at a grinder when pipes began coming off too fast. As the employee went to stop the pipes with the f-bar, their fingers became caught between the bar and a pipe. The employee sustained left middle and ring fingertip amputations.

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