# Amputations at Ecowater Systems, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015118945` · 11/25/2015 · RIPLEY, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Valves, nozzles
## Employer
- **Name:** Ecowater Systems, Inc.
- **Location:** 17471 Hwy 15 North, RIPLEY, MISSISSIPPI, 38663
- **NAICS:** 333319
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee's left ring finger was partially amputated while she was removing a valve from a manual valve tester.

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