# Amputations at Forterra Precast Concepts, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017076903` · 7/24/2017 · HENDERSON, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Concrete or clay pipes and conduits
## Employer
- **Name:** Forterra Precast Concepts, LLC
- **Location:** 9455 Boston Court, HENDERSON, COLORADO, 80640
- **NAICS:** 327332
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing a change-over with concrete piping and was trying to move the long section of the header closer to the corner piece when the long section tipped on its side and pinched his fingers between the header and the concrete floor. His middle and ring fingertips were amputated.

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