# Amputations at PAULO PRODUCTS COMPANY
> OSHA SIR `2023010692` · 1/23/2023 · KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Overhead hoists, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** PAULO PRODUCTS COMPANY
- **Location:** 4827 Chelsea Ave, KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, 64130
- **NAICS:** 332811
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a hoist to lift large containers (420 pounds) of steel parts to be dipped into tanks. The employee set a container down on a support and his finger was caught between the container and the support, resulting in amputation just behind the first knuckle.

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