# Amputations at Drexel Metals Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019099787` · 9/18/2019 · ARVADA, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Bending, rolling, shaping machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Drexel Metals Inc.
- **Location:** 6270 Joyce Dr, ARVADA, COLORADO, 80403
- **NAICS:** 332322
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a sheet metal folding machine. The machine activated and crushed the employee's hands, causing the amputation of three fingers. The employee was hospitalized.

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