# Amputations at Golden Aluminum, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021108915` · 10/16/2021 · FORT LUPTON, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Milling machines
## Employer
- **Name:** Golden Aluminum, Inc.
- **Location:** 1405 E. 14th St., FORT LUPTON, COLORADO, 80621
- **NAICS:** 331315
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee's left hand was caught between a mill's spindle shaft and an input roller when the spindle shaft activated, resulting in a partial amputation of their index finger at the last joint, as well as crush injuries to their middle finger and thumb.

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