# Amputations at CoorsTek Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015086252` · 8/30/2015 · GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** CoorsTek Inc.
- **Location:** 2449 Riverside Parkway, GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO, 81505
- **NAICS:** 327110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee attempted to retrieve a piece of ceramic material that broke off into the tape laminator machine he was using. His right index and middle fingertips were amputated by the machinery.

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