# Amputations at Mile High Equipment
> OSHA SIR `2016087084` · 8/1/2016 · 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:** Bending, crimping machines
## Employer
- **Name:** Mile High Equipment
- **Location:** 11100 E 45th Ave., DENVER, COLORADO, 80239
- **NAICS:** 333318
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee's thumb tip was amputated while feeding wire into a crimping machine.

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