# Amputations involving bone loss at Grand Valley Water Users Association
> OSHA SIR `2025043922` · 4/28/2025 · GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Elbow(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Conveyors belt, slot, chain
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Grand Valley Water Users Association
- **Location:** On Canal end of 18th road on Government Highline Canal, GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO, 81501
- **NAICS:** 221310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was spraying down an area by a conveyor he had been using. Moving parts (such as rollers and chains) inside a gear box amputated his right arm at the elbow. The employee was hospitalized.

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