# Amputations at Thompson's Welding Services, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016076918` · 7/28/2016 · COLUMBUS, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Metal pipes, tubing
- **Secondary source:** Threading and tapping machines
## Employer
- **Name:** Thompson's Welding Services, Inc.
- **Location:** 4335 Carson Road, COLUMBUS, MISSISSIPPI, 39701
- **NAICS:** 238190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a pipe threader to thread a pipe. When the employee released the chuck on the pipe threader, the pipe dropped. The cut end then came up and amputated the employee's left ring finger to the first knuckle.

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