# Amputations at Lightning Systems, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021010725` · 1/26/2021 · LOVELAND, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Battery-vehicle
- **Secondary source:** Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Lightning Systems, Inc.
- **Location:** 815 14th Stret SW SuiteA100, LOVELAND, COLORADO, 80537
- **NAICS:** 336320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A vehicle battery frame was being held by a scissor lift on one end while two other employees at the other end pushed the battery (weighing about 650 pounds) into position to be attached to the frame. One employee's left ring finger was caught and crushed between the frame and the battery. The employee's fingertip was amputated.

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