# Amputations at Henderson, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20161010143` · 10/28/2016 · WILLIAMSBURG, VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Container caps, lids, covers
- **Secondary source:** Plastic, PVC, or rubber pipes and tubing
## Employer
- **Name:** Henderson, Inc.
- **Location:** Camp Peary, WILLIAMSBURG, VIRGINIA, 23188
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was capping an 8 inch PVC water line. Backpressure built up in the line from a leaking valve and blew the cap off resulting in amputation of the employee's left pinky finger and a partial amputation of the left ring finger.

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