# Amputations at The Wooster Brush Company
> OSHA SIR `2016054759` · 5/12/2016 · WOOSTER, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** The Wooster Brush Company
- **Location:** 604 Madison Avenue, WOOSTER, OHIO, 44691
- **NAICS:** 339994
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On or about 5/12/2016, an employee received a partial fingertip amputation injury while operating a paint brush hand trimmer machine, known as a hand sharp edge. While manually holding a paint brush in the machine, her finger slipped and contacted the rotating blade of the machine. The contact resulted in a partial fingertip amputation.

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