# Amputations at SEARS ROEBUCK & CO.
> OSHA SIR `2017109774` · 10/11/2017 · ARVADA, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Cabinets, cases-display, storage
## Employer
- **Name:** SEARS ROEBUCK & CO.
- **Location:** 9881 W. 58th Ave., ARVADA, COLORADO, 80002
- **NAICS:** 452111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was closing the door to an open safe when her right thumb was caught between the door and the frame, crushing the bone and amputating the tip of the thumb.

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