# Amputations at Blattner Energy, INC
> OSHA SIR `2015074766` · 7/17/2015 · BURLINGTON, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Handrails, banisters
- **Secondary source:** Parts and materials, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Blattner Energy, INC
- **Location:** 23987 CR 51, BURLINGTON, COLORADO, 80807
- **NAICS:** 221119
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On 7/17/15, an employee's thumb was amputated when caught between a large steel ring and a railing during loading of the steel ring onto a trailer.

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