# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at New Star Mechanical Solutions, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024109874` · 10/23/2024 · JOPLIN, MISSOURI
## 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:** Pipes, ducts, tubing  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Strapping, bands
## Employer
- **Name:** New Star Mechanical Solutions, Inc.
- **Location:** 3502 Enterprise Avenue, JOPLIN, MISSOURI, 64801
- **NAICS:** 238990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing a piece of prefabricated 4" pipe. While manually tilting the pipe, it shifted in the straps and pinched their fingers between flanges. The employee sustained an amputation of their right index fingertip with an open fracture from a crushing injury.

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