# Amputations at Westmount Hospitality Management LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017109886` · 10/14/2017 · DENVER, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Clothes washers
## Employer
- **Name:** Westmount Hospitality Management LLC
- **Location:** 4850 LEETSDALE DR, DENVER, COLORADO, 80246
- **NAICS:** 721110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working in the laundry room when he heard a noise from a washing machine. He opened the running washer and his arm may have became wrapped in a sheet and rotated. His arm was badly broken, resulting in an amputation below the elbow.

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