# Amputations at ROCKY MOUNTAIN YOUTH CORPS
> OSHA SIR `2020054962` · 5/29/2020 · MEEKER, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Scissors, snips, shears-nonpowered
## Employer
- **Name:** ROCKY MOUNTAIN YOUTH CORPS
- **Location:** Big Ridge Cutoff, MEEKER, COLORADO, 81641
- **NAICS:** 813410
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a backpack with a pair of lopping shears attached to the side when the shears opened and amputated his right index finger.

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