# Amputations at Dixie Iron Works, LTD.
> OSHA SIR `2017054705` · 5/24/2017 · ALICE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Metal pipes, tubing
## Employer
- **Name:** Dixie Iron Works, LTD.
- **Location:** 400 Commerce Road, ALICE, TEXAS, 78332
- **NAICS:** 333132
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving metal pipes by hand when the piping moved and created a pinch point. The employee's hand was caught in the pinch point between two pipes, amputating a fingertip.

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