# Amputations at Pretech Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2023042982` · 4/4/2023 · KANSAS CITY, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Bricks, blocks, structural stone, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** Pretech Corporation
- **Location:** 8934 Woodend Road, KANSAS CITY, KANSAS, 66111
- **NAICS:** 327390
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a concrete grade ring and placed his finger between a wood pallet and the grade ring, resulting in a right middle fingertip amputation.

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