# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at MetalTek International, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024109435` · 10/9/2024 · PEVELY, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by suspended or swinging objects  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Metal materials unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Elevators, hoists, lifts  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** MetalTek International, Inc.
- **Location:** 8600 Commercial Boulevard, PEVELY, MISSOURI, 63070
- **NAICS:** 331513
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On October 9, 2024, an employee was repositioning the end of a metal casting that was not attached to the hoist. The employee's left ring finger was crushed between the part and the work table, resulting in the amputation of their left ring fingertip.

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