# Amputations at Wood Group USA, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20201110376` · 11/2/2020 · SAINT JAMES, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Jacks
## Employer
- **Name:** Wood Group USA, Inc.
- **Location:** 6586 Hwy 3127, SAINT JAMES, LOUISIANA, 70086
- **NAICS:** 236210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was grinding a 24" diameter pipe on a jack stand. The pipe fell off of the roller jack stands, catching the employee's ring and little fingers between the pipe and the stand. The employee was hospitalized and sustained a possible surgical amputation to the pinky finger.

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