# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Karcher North America, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024043592` · 4/25/2024 · AURORA, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Other metal, wood, and special material machinery  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Machine guards
## Employer
- **Name:** Karcher North America, Inc.
- **Location:** 6398 N. Karcher Way, AURORA, COLORADO, 80019
- **NAICS:** 333318
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a pneumatic hose cutter to cut hoses when they sustained a right index fingertip amputation. The machine was guarded at the time.

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