# Amputations at Forterra Pipe and Precast, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023043725` · 4/26/2023 · GRETNA, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Jacks
- **Secondary source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Forterra Pipe and Precast, LLC
- **Location:** 55 Dritches Hays Clary Ave, GRETNA, FLORIDA, 32332
- **NAICS:** 327332
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On April 26, 2023, an employee was using a jack to raise a machine carousel to replace a bushing. The jack slipped, causing his right little finger to become pinched between the jack and the carousel. His right little fingertip was amputated without bone loss.

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