# Amputations at R.H. WHITE CONSTRUCTION
> OSHA SIR `2017065295` · 6/9/2017 · LUDLOW, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Curbs
## Employer
- **Name:** R.H. WHITE CONSTRUCTION
- **Location:** 787 East Street., LUDLOW, MASSACHUSETTS, 01056
- **NAICS:** 237110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was inserting a plastic sleeve for some pipe to go through a granite curb stone. He was attempting to straighten the pipe when his left middle finger was caught between the pipe and the granite curb stone, amputating the fingertip.

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