# Amputations at Spendrup Fan Company
> OSHA SIR `2016099120` · 9/27/2016 · GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Metalworking lathes
- **Secondary source:** Source, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Spendrup Fan Company
- **Location:** 2768 C 1/2 Road, GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO, 81502
- **NAICS:** 333413
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a lathe and sandpaper to sand a piece of metal pipe. As he was sanding the pipe, the sandpaper wrapped around the lathe and then wrapped itself around the second and third fingers of his right hand, partially amputating them.

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