# Amputations at A-Core Concrete Cutting Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20231211025` · 12/2/2023 · DENVER, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Construction, logging, and mining machinery, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** A-Core Concrete Cutting Inc.
- **Location:** 5867 Broadway St., DENVER, COLORADO, 80216
- **NAICS:** 327390
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a coring machine. As he tried to remove a piece of rebar from the area, the machine caught his right glove. His right ring finger was amputated at the first knuckle, and his index and middle fingers were dislocated.

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