# Amputations at Prescient
> OSHA SIR `2017076890` · 7/24/2017 · ARVADA, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Building materials, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Prescient
- **Location:** 14401 W. 65th Way, Unit B, ARVADA, COLORADO, 80004
- **NAICS:** 541330
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a heavy post on a roller table. Her fingers were over the edge of the post she was moving when her left index fingertip made contact with a connection plate attached to another post. Her finger was smashed between the two objects, amputating her left index fingertip.

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