# Amputations at Safeway Stores 49, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021021303` · 2/12/2021 · DENVER, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Safeway Stores 49, Inc.
- **Location:** 4301 Forest Street, DENVER, COLORADO, 80216
- **NAICS:** 311511
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating the blow mold machine when the employee's fingers were caught in the machine, resulting in amputation of four fingers and a fractured arm.

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