# Amputations at Pipeline Plastics, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20231211299` · 12/11/2023 · BELLE FOURCHE, SOUTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Pipeline Plastics, LLC
- **Location:** 10805 US Highway 212, BELLE FOURCHE, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57717
- **NAICS:** 326122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was replacing knives on a shredder. To check the alignment of the knives, the employee pulled on the v-belt. The employee's left ring fingertip became caught in the belt and pulley and was amputated.

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