# Amputations at Chicago Bridge and Iron
> OSHA SIR `2017087329` · 8/2/2017 · HACKBERRY, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Reels, rolls, spools, coils, cones
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Chicago Bridge and Iron
- **Location:** Cameron LNG, HACKBERRY, LOUISIANA, 70645
- **NAICS:** 236210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing on a forklift with a spool of pipe and its supporting cribbage. The employee was trying to reposition the pipe spool when the forklift moved, causing the spool to smash the employee's left finger on the supporting cribbage. The employee's left fingertip was amputated.

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