# Amputations at Wagner Equipment Company
> OSHA SIR `2023010352` · 1/12/2023 · GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Excavating machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Wagner Equipment Company
- **Location:** 2322 I-70 Frontage Road, GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO, 81505
- **NAICS:** 423810
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was draining hydraulic fluid from an excavator when his right middle finger was caught between the piston and the housing units, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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