# Amputations at MKS Instruments Inc
> OSHA SIR `2020099282` · 9/30/2020 · BROOMFIELD, 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:** MKS Instruments Inc
- **Location:** 11380 Reed Way, BROOMFIELD, COLORADO, 80020
- **NAICS:** 332999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was holding a part in place at the opening to a tube bending machine. The machine crushed three fingers on the employee's left hand. All three were medically amputated.

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