# Amputations at PLW Waterworks, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2018010258` · 1/9/2018 · CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Fasteners, connectors, ropes, ties, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** PLW Waterworks, LLC
- **Location:** 13101 Leopard St., CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, 78410
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was preparing to bolt in two flanges on a 72-inch pipe when his left thumb was caught in the flange, partially amputating his thumb tip.

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