# Amputations at Hughes Anderson Heat Exchangers
> OSHA SIR `2015129841` · 12/10/2015 · TULSA, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Reels, rolls, spools, coils, cones
- **Secondary source:** Heating and cooking machinery and appliances, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Hughes Anderson Heat Exchangers
- **Location:** 1001 North Fulton, TULSA, OKLAHOMA, 74115
- **NAICS:** 332410
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a suspended heat exchanger unit during the manufacturing process. The part that was to be placed under the heat exchanger unit (roll of steel mesh) fell on top of the employee's hands resulting in a partial amputation of the right index fingertip above the knuckle.

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