# Amputations at Underground Solutions, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2015097201` · 9/30/2015 · NEW CUMBERLAND, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Plastic, PVC, or rubber pipes and tubing
- **Secondary source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Underground Solutions, Inc
- **Location:** 429 Steigerwalt Hollow Road, NEW CUMBERLAND, PENNSYLVANIA, 17070
- **NAICS:** 423390
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading pipe into a fusion machine when the pipe became crooked. The employee tried to remove the pipe by lifting it with a coworker. His right pinky and ring fingers got caught between the pipe, amputating his fingertips.

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