# Amputations at Kamps Pallets Denver
> OSHA SIR `2023021693` · 2/22/2023 · DENVER, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Kamps Pallets Denver
- **Location:** 3855 South Lima Street, DENVER, COLORADO, 80239
- **NAICS:** 321920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was clearing a jam of wooden boards in a pallet building machine when his finger was pinched against the moving bar and a stationary piece of metal. The employee sustained a left ring fingertip amputation. The machine was not locked out at the time.

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