# Amputations at Metalwest LLC
> OSHA SIR `2021076020` · 7/22/2021 · BRIGHTON, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Banding, baling, strapping machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Metalwest LLC
- **Location:** 1229 Fulton Avenue, BRIGHTON, COLORADO, 80601
- **NAICS:** 423510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a banding machine when it injured his left little finger. The fingertip was medically amputated.

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