# Amputations at The SBJ Group Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017065606` · 6/19/2017 · 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:** Shearing machines
## Employer
- **Name:** The SBJ Group Inc.
- **Location:** 3518 Larimer Street, DENVER, COLORADO, 80205
- **NAICS:** 332323
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was shearing sheet metal with a hydraulic shear when the employee's left hand went past guard and the material hold-down. The material-hold down crushed and partially amputated the employee's left pinky fingertip.

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