# Amputations at Rothe Enterprises Inc
> OSHA SIR `20201010264` · 10/29/2020 · MERRITT ISLAND, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Beer and soda kegs
- **Secondary source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** Rothe Enterprises Inc
- **Location:** Kennedy Space Center, MERRITT ISLAND, FLORIDA, 32953
- **NAICS:** 541712
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving kegs onto a pallet. His right ring finger was caught between the pallet and a keg, causing a laceration and the removal of skin and the fingertip.

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