# Amputations at Colorado Premium
> OSHA SIR `2016032604` · 3/28/2016 · DENVER, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Meat grinders
## Employer
- **Name:** Colorado Premium
- **Location:** 5140 Race Ct, DENVER, COLORADO, 80216
- **NAICS:** 311611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was dumping product onto the auger that takes meat to the slicing machine. When he reached down, his right index fingertip was amputated by the auger.

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