# Amputations at PrideStaff, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019066160` · 6/19/2019 · DENVER, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Presses, except printing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** PrideStaff, Inc.
- **Location:** Direct Lumber and Door of Colorado, DENVER, COLORADO, 80229
- **NAICS:** 561320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A temporary employee was trying to clear a jam on a final press machine when his right thumb was pinched by the wood object being moved through the press. The tip of the thumb was amputated.

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