# Amputations at Proximity Malt, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022054548` · 5/25/2022 · MONTE VISTA, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Washers, dryers, and cleaning machinery and appliances, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Proximity Malt, LLC
- **Location:** 1001 North County Road 3 East, MONTE VISTA, COLORADO, 81135
- **NAICS:** 311213
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was swapping barrels under a dust cyclone. The employee turned around and ran into an adjacent barrel and lost balance. His right hand went up the sock that surrounded the bottom of the dust collector and the rotating airlock blade partially amputated his index and middle fingers. The machine was not guarded at the time.

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