# Amputations at Falk Renew Prager
> OSHA SIR `2015042240` · 4/21/2015 · SAINT ROSE, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Transmission-vehicle
## Employer
- **Name:** Falk Renew Prager
- **Location:** 181 Riverbend Drive, SAINT ROSE, LOUISIANA, 70087
- **NAICS:** 332710
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was assisting a mechanic in disassembling a gear box. The employee was holding an intermediate assembly inside the gear box when it shifted and created a pinch point between the assembly and the internal bore. The tip of one of the employee's index fingers was amputated.

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