# Amputations at Encon Colorado
> OSHA SIR `2018054684` · 5/14/2018 · DENVER, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Wire, cables-nonelectrical
- **Secondary source:** Wire, cables-nonelectrical
## Employer
- **Name:** Encon Colorado
- **Location:** 8600 Welby Road, DENVER, COLORADO, 80229
- **NAICS:** 327390
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a strand pack (a frame that holds cable in place) and attempting to remove a section of cable when his fingertip was caught in the cable windings, resulting in a partial right index fingertip amputation.

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