# Amputations at Acushnet Rubber Company, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2016087821` · 8/20/2016 · NEW BEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Extruding machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Acushnet Rubber Company, Inc
- **Location:** 744 BELLEVILLE AVENUE, NEW BEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS, 02745
- **NAICS:** 339991
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was feeding material into an extruder when his right finger(s) were caught and amputated in the machine.

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