# Amputations at Xtek, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022032805` · 3/29/2022 · CINCINNATI, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Gears
## Employer
- **Name:** Xtek, Inc.
- **Location:** 11451 Reading Road, CINCINNATI, OHIO, 45241
- **NAICS:** 332710
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a bore gauge suspended by a crane to measure the bore in the gear being worked on. The gauge became lodged and the employee tried to move it when it slipped and his right index finger was pinched between two metal parts of the gear he was working on. The employee suffered a fingertip amputation below the nail bed but above the first knuckle.

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