# Amputations at Pitts Enterprises, Incorporated
> OSHA SIR `2017010825` · 1/26/2017 · PITTSVIEW, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Beams-unattached metal
## Employer
- **Name:** Pitts Enterprises, Incorporated
- **Location:** 5734 Pittsview Hwy, PITTSVIEW, ALABAMA, 36871
- **NAICS:** 336212
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unloading metal beams when their left hand was caught between two beams. The employee suffered a severe laceration that resulted in medical amputation.

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