# Amputations at Cogent Companies, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023054212` · 5/10/2023 · RIVERSIDE, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Machine and appliance parts, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Pumps
## Employer
- **Name:** Cogent Companies, Inc.
- **Location:** 4525 NW 41st Street, RIVERSIDE, MISSOURI, 64150
- **NAICS:** 221310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was assembling a pump when the seal ring broke, causing the pump sleeve to slip and fall onto the employee's left hand fingers, resulting in the amputation of their index finger.

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