# Amputations at Westco Fabrication, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2020043155` · 4/7/2020 · GYPSUM, 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:** Bending, crimping machines
## Employer
- **Name:** Westco Fabrication, LLC
- **Location:** 4155 Hwy 6, GYPSUM, COLORADO, 81637
- **NAICS:** 332322
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a machine to bend metal ridge cap shingles. The machine's dies closed on his right hand and crushed the fingers. The ring finger was surgically amputated, as were the middle and little fingertips.

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