# Amputations at LKQ Pick Your Part - Aurora
> OSHA SIR `2022076054` · 7/12/2022 · AURORA, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Cutting handtools-powered, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** LKQ Pick Your Part - Aurora
- **Location:** 11602 East 33rd Avenue, AURORA, COLORADO, 80010
- **NAICS:** 423140
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting out a catalytic converter using a pneumatic cutter. When he turned the cutter on, it amputated his right middle and ring fingertips.

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