# Amputations at PeopleReady
> OSHA SIR `2017087521` · 8/7/2017 · LONGMONT, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Generators
- **Secondary source:** Metal pipes, tubing
## Employer
- **Name:** PeopleReady
- **Location:** 10765 Turner Blvd Unit 3, LONGMONT, COLORADO, 80504
- **NAICS:** 561311
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving equipment and helping to load pipe when his thumb was caught and amputated between a generator and a piece of steel square tubing.

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