# Amputations at Faris Machinery Company
> OSHA SIR `2015079825` · 7/24/2015 · COMMERCE CITY, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, n.e.c
## Employer
- **Name:** Faris Machinery Company
- **Location:** 5770 East 77th Ave, COMMERCE CITY, COLORADO, 80022
- **NAICS:** 423810
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The employee was working on a sewer truck and trying to pull a ladder down. The ladder was stuck and when he forced the ladder to move, his left ring and middle fingers were pinched between the ladder and a utility door. The left ring fingertip was amputated (no bone loss).

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