# Amputations at Howard Industries, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015075278` · 7/30/2015 · LAUREL, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Presses, except printing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Howard Industries, Inc.
- **Location:** 3225 Pendorff Road, LAUREL, MISSISSIPPI, 39440
- **NAICS:** 335311
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On Thursday, July 30, 2015, at 10:15 AM, an employee was placing rectangular inserts into the press to form a window, which is the internal section of a transformer. The employee's hand was either crushed or mashed, resulting in an amputation of his right thumb tip.

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