# Amputations at AMERICAN FURNITURE WAREHOUSE
> OSHA SIR `2020088095` · 8/26/2020 · ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
## Employer
- **Name:** AMERICAN FURNITURE WAREHOUSE
- **Location:** 8820 AMERICAN WAY, ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO, 80112
- **NAICS:** 442110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was lowering a dock plate onto the rear of a trailer. Another employee stepped on the plate, causing it to pinch the first employee's hand. He suffered a fingertip amputation.

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