# Amputations at Holden Mechanical Contractors Inc
> OSHA SIR `2015107530` · 10/9/2015 · WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS
## 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:** Threading and tapping machines
## Employer
- **Name:** Holden Mechanical Contractors Inc
- **Location:** 255 Brooks Street, WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, 01606
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On October 9, 2015, an employee amputated his left index finger to the first knuckle when he was working with an auto-threader machine in the shop.

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