# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at PRIER PRODUCTS
> OSHA SIR `2024032289` · 3/13/2024 · GRANDVIEW, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed between running equipment and other object(s)
- **Source:** Other product testing, inspecting, and diagnostic machinery
- **Secondary source:** Hydrants
## Employer
- **Name:** PRIER PRODUCTS
- **Location:** 4515 E 139TH ST, GRANDVIEW, MISSOURI, 64030
- **NAICS:** 332913
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was replacing a rubber pad on the cylinder of a test station. Their right index finger was caught between a hydrant and a pneumatic cylinder of the test machine resulting in amputation of the fingertip.

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