# Amputations at Y-W Electric
> OSHA SIR `20191010888` · 10/17/2019 · AKRON, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Drums, pulleys, sheaves
## Employer
- **Name:** Y-W Electric
- **Location:** 250 Main Ave, AKRON, COLORADO, 80720
- **NAICS:** 221119
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unwinding a winch when his left middle finger was pulled into the winch, resulting in an amputation to the second knuckle.

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