# Amputations at RJ MECHANICAL INC.
> OSHA SIR `2023054327` · 5/15/2023 · BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA
## 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:** Beams-unattached metal
- **Secondary source:** Plastic, PVC, or rubber pipes and tubing
## Employer
- **Name:** RJ MECHANICAL INC.
- **Location:** 3153 BELLWOOD DRIVE, BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, 35243
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading materials for a job when his finger was caught between a PVC pipe and an I-beam that the employee and a co-worker were sliding off a forklift. The employee suffered an amputation.

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