# Amputations at Barton Leasing, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20161211632` · 12/14/2016 · AURORA, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Bending, crimping machines
## Employer
- **Name:** Barton Leasing, Inc.
- **Location:** 14800 E Moncrieff Pl, AURORA, COLORADO, 80011
- **NAICS:** 423320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a horizontal bender machine to bend rebar. While he was adjusting the rebar for the second bend, his foot contacted the footswitch and activated the machine, which then crushed/amputated his right index finger.

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