# Amputations at Axelson Machine Inc
> OSHA SIR `2021021290` · 2/11/2021 · FREDERICK, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Bars, rods, reinforcing bar (rebar)
## Employer
- **Name:** Axelson Machine Inc
- **Location:** 8130 Indian Peaks Avenue, FREDERICK, COLORADO, 80516
- **NAICS:** 332710
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting metal banding from a bundle of aluminum bars when a bar fell, smashing the employee's finger against a rack and resulting in amputation.

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