# Amputations at PurePressure
> OSHA SIR `2021108868` · 10/14/2021 · COLORADO SPRINGS, 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:** PurePressure
- **Location:** 2503 Fairview Circle, COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO, 80909
- **NAICS:** 333249
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was repairing a mixer. A belt caught his left index finger and pulled it through a pulley. The index fingertip was amputated and his middle finger was split open.

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