# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Frontline Welding, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024042990` · 4/4/2024 · PELICAN, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed between running equipment and other object(s)
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
- **Secondary source:** Reels, rolls, spools, coils
## Employer
- **Name:** Frontline Welding, LLC
- **Location:** 2943 Crossroad, PELICAN, LOUISIANA, 71063
- **NAICS:** 332111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was spotting for a forklift operator while an 8-inch spool piece was being set on a jack stand, when his hand became caught between the flange of the spool piece and the ground. His left ring finger was crushed and the employee sustained a partial fingertip amputation.

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