# Amputations at Rocky Mountain Prestress
> OSHA SIR `2017088194` · 8/25/2017 · DENVER, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Rails-unattached metal
- **Secondary source:** Hooks, shackles, magnets, clamshells
## Employer
- **Name:** Rocky Mountain Prestress
- **Location:** 5801 PECOS ST., DENVER, COLORADO, 80221
- **NAICS:** 327390
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working with a coworker to build concrete forms that consist of a metal plate and metal rails held together with magnets. They were moving the rails when the magnets pulled the pieces together, pinching and amputating the injured employee's right ring fingertip.

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