# Amputations at Huwa Enterprises
> OSHA SIR `2020032027` · 3/2/2020 · AULT, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** Huwa Enterprises
- **Location:** County Road 98 & County Road 33, AULT, COLORADO, 80610
- **NAICS:** 236115
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was placing wood skids, setting a cradle for 36-inch steel pipe while the operator turned it to set it in place. A skid fell and smashed the employee's right hand against a piece of pipe. The employee's thumb was partially amputated.

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