# Amputations at Alta Fuels
> OSHA SIR `2016065097` · 6/9/2016 · ALAMOSA, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Wrenches-nonpowered
## Employer
- **Name:** Alta Fuels
- **Location:** 615 State Ave, ALAMOSA, COLORADO, 81101
- **NAICS:** 454319
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using pipe wrench to install a pump in a liquid storage tank when the wrench broke free and caught the employee's right pinky finger, partially amputating it.

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