# Amputations at UE Compression LLC
> OSHA SIR `20181212450` · 12/4/2018 · HENDERSON, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** UE Compression LLC
- **Location:** 9461 Willow Court, HENDERSON, COLORADO, 80640
- **NAICS:** 333912
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A 16" diameter pipe, being lifted with a crane, was lowered onto an employee's hand. The tip of his right thumb was amputated.

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