# Amputations involving bone loss at Gallo Mechanical LLC
> OSHA SIR `2025088486` · 8/25/2025 · RAYVILLE, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
- **Source:** Pipes and tubes  plastic, PVC, rubber
- **Secondary source:** Chains
## Employer
- **Name:** Gallo Mechanical LLC
- **Location:** 795 Jaggers Lane, RAYVILLE, LOUISIANA, 71269
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was adjusting 42-inch HDPE pipe in a sling. The tip of his left middle finger was caught in the sling, between the pipe and a chain, and the fingertip was amputated.

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