# Amputations at Lewis Bolt & Nut
> OSHA SIR `2018021932` · 2/26/2018 · LA JUNTA, 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:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Lewis Bolt & Nut
- **Location:** 30105 6th Ave., LA JUNTA, COLORADO, 81050
- **NAICS:** 332722
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was checking the belt tension on a machine when the employee's right-hand fingers were caught in the belt and pulley's nip point. The employee's right index finger had to be medically amputated. The machine had not come to a full stop at the time of the incident.

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