# Amputations at Rocky Mountain Butterfly Consortium
> OSHA SIR `2019021838` · 2/18/2019 · WESTMINSTER, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Playground equipment
- **Secondary source:** Structural elements, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Rocky Mountain Butterfly Consortium
- **Location:** 6252 W 104th Ave, WESTMINSTER, COLORADO, 80020
- **NAICS:** 712110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee and three other volunteers were lifting a children's climbing caterpillar (about 4 feet long) off two 2-inch posts. The employee's hand was caught between the caterpillar and a post. The tip of the employee's left middle finger was amputated.

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