# Amputations at Neiman Enterprises, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20181010809` · 10/19/2018 · MONTROSE, 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 maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Cooling and humidifying machinery and appliances, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Neiman Enterprises, Inc.
- **Location:** 11925 65.30 Road, MONTROSE, COLORADO, 81401
- **NAICS:** 321113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was clearing a jam in an air filtration system when another employee re-energized the machine without realizing the injured employee was still working inside it. The blades activated and amputated four fingers of the employee's left hand.

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