# Amputations at Vortex Companies LLC.
> OSHA SIR `20231211206` · 12/7/2023 · WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Sewers, manholes, storm drains
## Employer
- **Name:** Vortex Companies LLC.
- **Location:** 4891 Independance St. Sute 180,, WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO, 80033
- **NAICS:** 339999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was sealing the inside of a manhole sleeve that had just been installed. Two fingers on their right hand were caught between two pieces of the concrete manhole structure and the employee sustained an amputation.

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