# Amputations at H.M. RICHARDS, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2015086114` · 8/25/2015 · GUNTOWN, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **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:** Textile, apparel, leather production machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** H.M. RICHARDS, INC.
- **Location:** 414 COUNTY ROAD 2790, GUNTOWN, MISSISSIPPI, 38849
- **NAICS:** 337121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a button making machine when she reached around the guard to pull out the stems before it jammed up. Her foot was still on the foot peddle and it was pressed when her finger was in the point of operation. The machine smashed her right index finger resulting in the amputation of the finger.

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