# Amputations at Beacon Industries, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016087805` · 8/19/2016 · NEWINGTON, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Metalworking lathes
## Employer
- **Name:** Beacon Industries, Inc.
- **Location:** 549 Cedar Street, NEWINGTON, CONNECTICUT, 06111
- **NAICS:** 336412
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was setting up a vertical lathe machine. The employee was adjusting the tool holder when it dropped, striking the employee's left pinky finger and amputating the fingertip.

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