# Amputations at BAND-IT-IDEX, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2021086509` · 8/4/2021 · DENVER, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** BAND-IT-IDEX, INC.
- **Location:** 4799 Dahlia St., DENVER, COLORADO, 80216
- **NAICS:** 332999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was clearing metal strips that were stuck in a machine. The tip of his left ring finger was pinched in the machine, causing a partial fingertip amputation without bone loss.

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