# Amputations at Howard Industries, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015052554` · 5/4/2015 · LAUREL, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Caps, lids, covers, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Howard Industries, Inc.
- **Location:** 3225 Pendorff Road, LAUREL, MISSISSIPPI, 39440
- **NAICS:** 335311
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was placing stickers on a transformer lid. His left hand was still on the lip of the lid as he closed it; the steel lid slammed down on his hand, catching his left index finger.

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