# Amputations at Brown Strauss, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019044310` · 4/29/2019 · KANSAS CITY, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Bricks, blocks, structural stone, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Brown Strauss, Inc.
- **Location:** 802 Kindleberger Rd, KANSAS CITY, KANSAS, 66115
- **NAICS:** 333515
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was stacking beams in a yard. A 10-by-4-by-6 block was in the middle of the pile. He lifted the end of the bundle of beams and got off his lift to pull the block out. The block twisted and its weight caught the tip of his finger on the flange, amputating the fingertip. He was hospitalized.

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