# Amputations at Irex
> OSHA SIR `2016043222` · 4/18/2016 · FORT CARSON, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted
- **Secondary source:** Doors, except garage and vehicle
## Employer
- **Name:** Irex
- **Location:** 10286 Butts Road, FORT CARSON, COLORADO, 80913
- **NAICS:** 238130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee crushed his thumb between a door jamb and the railing on a scissor lift while lowering the lift from inside the basket.

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