# Amputations at Lewis Bolt & Nut Company
> OSHA SIR `2015086257` · 8/30/2015 · LA JUNTA, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Forging machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Lewis Bolt & Nut Company
- **Location:** 30105  6th Ave, LA JUNTA, COLORADO, 81050
- **NAICS:** 332722
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had completed a run of five fasteners on an upsetter machine when their left hand got caught in the dies of the machine. The employee's left-hand pinky and ring fingers were amputated.

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