# Amputations at TRINIDAD BENHAM CORPORATION
> OSHA SIR `2021010572` · 1/21/2021 · STERLING, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** TRINIDAD BENHAM CORPORATION
- **Location:** 1500 RIGHT OF WAY ROAD, STERLING, COLORADO, 80751
- **NAICS:** 311999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a poly packaging machine when the machine jammed. The employee was unclogging the jam when the machine cycled and the jaws closed. His hand contacted the serrated blade and caused the amputation of the pad on his left thumb.

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