# Amputations at Merritt Trailers, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020065709` · 6/18/2020 · HENDERSON, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Band saws
## Employer
- **Name:** Merritt Trailers, Inc.
- **Location:** 9339 Brighton Rd, HENDERSON, COLORADO, 80640
- **NAICS:** 336112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was assembling a new trailer. While cutting a Z-member channel, the material got caught forcing the band saw to work backwards. The employee sustained a right index fingertip amputation.

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