# Amputations at OLIVER MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2021043605` · 4/26/2021 · LA JUNTA, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Boring, drilling, planing, milling machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** OLIVER MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC.
- **Location:** 27151 HARRIS ROAD, LA JUNTA, COLORADO, 81050
- **NAICS:** 333111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a jointer machine to smooth the edges of plastic poly material. He had angled the material instead of laying it flat on the machine to smooth out its triangular edges. It kicked back and he slipped, suffering a partial amputation to the left middle finger.

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