# Amputations at RK MECHANICAL
> OSHA SIR `2022087000` · 8/8/2022 · DENVER, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Bending, crimping machines
## Employer
- **Name:** RK MECHANICAL
- **Location:** 3800 Xanthia Street, DENVER, COLORADO, 80207
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a sheet metal coupler/bending machine, putting a groove into a piece of HVAC. The employee's left middle fingertip was caught by the machine and amputated by the swaging wheel.

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