# Amputations at Custom Machining Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2015118508` · 11/11/2015 · ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Custom Machining Corporation
- **Location:** 2090 W College Ave, ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO, 80110
- **NAICS:** 333249
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee in the assembly area was moving the turret of an endliner machine. The machine was not powered at the time. His right middle finger got pinched between the starwheel and the dog leg, amputating his fingertip (no bone was amputated).

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