# Amputations at National Support Center for the Disabled
> OSHA SIR `2018055296` · 5/31/2018 · GOLDEN, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Trailers
- **Secondary source:** Wire, cables-nonelectrical
## Employer
- **Name:** National Support Center for the Disabled
- **Location:** 1201 10th Street, GOLDEN, COLORADO, 80401
- **NAICS:** 721214
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to repair a cable on a box trailer door when the 
cable snapped and the trailer door closed on his right thumb, causing an amputation.

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