# Amputations at National Grid
> OSHA SIR `2016032310` · 3/16/2016 · BROOKLYN, NEW YORK
## 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 during regular operation
- **Source:** Threading and tapping machines
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** National Grid
- **Location:** 2735 Mermaid Ave, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, 11236
- **NAICS:** 221119
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was threading pipe on a threading machine when his glove was caught in the machine, amputating his right pinky finger.

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