# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Woodard & Curran, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024065213` · 6/12/2024 · DOUGLAS, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
- **Source:** Handtools  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Pipe fittings, collars
## Employer
- **Name:** Woodard & Curran, Inc.
- **Location:** 290 Protein Way, DOUGLAS, GEORGIA, 31535
- **NAICS:** 562211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to open a valve next to an outdoor tank. The valve broke loose and the employee's left middle fingertip got caught between the flange and the tool he was using, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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