# Amputations at Enerplus Resources (USA) Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2022076589` · 7/27/2022 · DENVER, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Pumps
- **Secondary source:** Screwdrivers-power not determined
## Employer
- **Name:** Enerplus Resources (USA) Corporation
- **Location:** 950 17th Street Suite 2200, DENVER, COLORADO, 80203
- **NAICS:** 211111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a screwdriver to scrape wax off a pump. His hand was pulled into the stuffing box, and the rod inside the box broke his thumb and caused amputations to his fingertips.

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