# Amputations at Peak Structural PolyLevel Warehouse
> OSHA SIR `2021098267` · 9/24/2021 · PALMER LAKE, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Peak Structural PolyLevel Warehouse
- **Location:** 707 County Line Road, PALMER LAKE, COLORADO, 80133
- **NAICS:** 444190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing helical pipe. His left index finger was inside a helical pipe extension when the drive head attached to the extension was activated. The extension spun and the employee's left index finger was caught between it and another helical extension. He suffered an amputation to the fingertip.

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