# Amputations at Penhall Company
> OSHA SIR `2018099903` · 9/24/2018 · EATON, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Road grading and surfacing machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Penhall Company
- **Location:** US Highway 85 & E Collins St, EATON, COLORADO, 80615
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing a new drum of sealant into the road sealant machine and caught their left thumb between the compression piston and plunger assembly resulting in amputation of the distal end.

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