# Amputations at INDUSTRIAL WELDING AND SUPPLY CO.
> OSHA SIR `2023087598` · 8/18/2023 · STERLING, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** INDUSTRIAL WELDING AND SUPPLY CO.
- **Location:** 140 CUCAROLA RD., STERLING, COLORADO, 80751
- **NAICS:** 332710
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was connecting a hydraulic arm to a dump truck when the arm slipped and pinched the employee's left index finger as it was in the arm's eyelet, 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*