# Amputations at Northeast Prestressed Products, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023043786` · 4/27/2023 · CRESSONA, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Slings
## Employer
- **Name:** Northeast Prestressed Products, LLC
- **Location:** 121 River Street, CRESSONA, PENNSYLVANIA, 17929
- **NAICS:** 327390
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was reading a tension meter attached to a sling. The sling jumped and contacted the employee's left thumb, resulting in a partial amputation.

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