# Amputations at Primary Weapons Systems, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2015118593` · 11/13/2015 · BOISE, IDAHO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Metal pipes, tubing
## Employer
- **Name:** Primary Weapons Systems, LLC
- **Location:** 255 North Steelhead Way, BOISE, IDAHO, 83704
- **NAICS:** 339999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving metal tubes onto a forklift when a tube began to slip out of his hand.  He attempted to pull his hand out of the way, and his finger got caught between two tubes. His left index fingertip was amputated.

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