# Amputations at TechnipFMC
> OSHA SIR `2018055178` · 5/26/2018 · WATFORD CITY, NORTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Metal pipes, tubing
- **Secondary source:** Metal pipes, tubing
## Employer
- **Name:** TechnipFMC
- **Location:** Intersection of County Road 10 and County Road 43, WATFORD CITY, NORTH DAKOTA, 58854
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unscrewing a 2-inch iron elbow from a 2-inch iron straight pipe. The pipe shifted, and his left index finger was pinched between the elbow and the pipe. His left index finger was amputated at the first knuckle.

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