# Amputations at Brickman / Valley Crest
> OSHA SIR `2015107880` · 10/21/2015 · CHELMSFORD, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Pumps
## Employer
- **Name:** Brickman / Valley Crest
- **Location:** 17 Progress Street, CHELMSFORD, MASSACHUSETTS, 01824
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was starting a 300 gallon fertilizer pump and amputated the right ring finger when his finger was caught in the flywheel.

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