# Amputations at Bauer Foundation
> OSHA SIR `2020087657` · 8/13/2020 · COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Valves, nozzles
## Employer
- **Name:** Bauer Foundation
- **Location:** Ft Carson Gate 3, COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO, 80902
- **NAICS:** 238110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was checking a butterfly valve after cleaning it. The valve pinched his finger, amputating the tip with no bone or nail loss.

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