# Amputations at Geo Tech Environmental Equipment
> OSHA SIR `20171211451` · 12/1/2017 · DENVER, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Scissors, snips, shears-nonpowered
## Employer
- **Name:** Geo Tech Environmental Equipment
- **Location:** 2650 E 40th Ave., DENVER, COLORADO, 80205
- **NAICS:** 335210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using scissors to cut a length of twine when the scissors cut off his fingertip.

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