# Amputations at Welspun Tubular
> OSHA SIR `20161211586` · 12/13/2016 · LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Welspun Tubular
- **Location:** 8200 Frazier Pike, LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, 72206
- **NAICS:** 331210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing rope from a pipe on a blast booth machine when the machine indexed to move the pipe. The employee's gloved hand became tangled in the rope, and the index fingertip was amputated between the pipe and the machine's roller.

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