# Amputations involving bone loss at Primus Pipe & Tube, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024032430` · 3/18/2024 · WILDWOOD, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Conveyors  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Primus Pipe & Tube, Inc.
- **Location:** 241 West Clarke Street, WILDWOOD, FLORIDA, 34785
- **NAICS:** 331210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was training another employee to operate a machine. The operator's hand was caught in the conveyor system while reaching for a piece of piping resulting in amputation of their left ring finger at the first knuckle. The employee was hospitalized.

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