# Amputations at The Shaw Group
> OSHA SIR `20231211547` · 12/21/2023 · EL DORADO, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Metal pipes, tubing
- **Secondary source:** Metal pipes, tubing
## Employer
- **Name:** The Shaw Group
- **Location:** 205 Louis Hurley Road, EL DORADO, ARKANSAS, 71730
- **NAICS:** 332996
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to free another employee who had a 40-foot pipe fall on them. While lifting the pipe, the employee's left hand was crushed between two sections of pipe and their left middle and ring fingers were amputated. The employee also suffered a fracture to the left little finger.

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