# Amputations at Masters Concrete Products, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20171111217` · 11/22/2017 · KINGSLEY, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Chains, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Piers, wharfs
## Employer
- **Name:** Masters Concrete Products, Inc.
- **Location:** 9495 Main Street, KINGSLEY, PENNSYLVANIA, 18826
- **NAICS:** 327390
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was preparing rigging to lift concrete piers when his left hand was pinched between the chain and the pier as the lift was initiated, amputating a finger(s).

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