# Amputations at Laurel Machine and Foundry
> OSHA SIR `2015074814` · 7/18/2015 · LAUREL, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** Laurel Machine and Foundry
- **Location:** 810 Front Street, LAUREL, MISSISSIPPI, 39441
- **NAICS:** 332710
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee's left-hand middle fingertip was amputated after getting caught between a large bearing housing and a tool rest.

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