# Amputations at Avery Dennison Corporation Fastener Division
> OSHA SIR `2016043169` · 4/15/2016 · FITCHBURG, 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 during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Avery Dennison Corporation Fastener Division
- **Location:** 224 Industrial Rd, FITCHBURG, MASSACHUSETTS, 01420
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to clear a jam from a degater machine when his right middle fingertip and nail were amputated. He lost approximately one-eighth of an inch of his fingertip.

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