# Amputations at GLH Construction Inc
> OSHA SIR `2016087423` · 8/9/2016 · LA SALLE, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Mini excavators
## Employer
- **Name:** GLH Construction Inc
- **Location:** 100 Todd Ave, LA SALLE, COLORADO, 80645
- **NAICS:** 236115
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing a viber plate on a mini-excavator and aligning the shim when the driver in the cab accidentally bumped the lever, causing the arm of the machine to pinch the employee's thumb. The employee's thumb tip was amputated and thumb bone was smashed, requiring hospitalization.

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