# Amputations at ITWEAE, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016088123` · 8/29/2016 · FRANKLIN, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **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:** Printing machinery and equipment, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** ITWEAE, Inc.
- **Location:** 16 Forge Park, FRANKLIN, MASSACHUSETTS, 02038
- **NAICS:** 333293
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had his hand on a screen printer while another employee was performing a calibration. The machine went to park and caught the employee's left thumb. The left thumb was amputated from the nail forward.

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