# Amputations at American Gypsum
> OSHA SIR `2016076320` · 7/13/2016 · GYPSUM, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** American Gypsum
- **Location:** 740 Hwy 6, GYPSUM, COLORADO, 81637
- **NAICS:** 327420
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing the end tape in a bundler machine and the employee's hand was in the path of the product. The product pushed his hand into the wall resulting in a partial amputation of his right middle finger.

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