# Amputations at TRI-STATE GENERATION AND TRANSMISSION ASSOC, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2021021170` · 2/9/2021 · CRAIG, 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:** TRI-STATE GENERATION AND TRANSMISSION ASSOC, INC.
- **Location:** 2101 S. Ranney Street, CRAIG, COLORADO, 81625
- **NAICS:** 221122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was adjusting the limit switch on an air-operated valve when the valve actuated, catching his left index finger between the position indicator and the limit switch and resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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