# Amputations at Helical Solutions LLC
> OSHA SIR `20161110954` · 11/22/2016 · GORHAM, MAINE
## 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:** Grinders, abraders
- **Secondary source:** Textiles, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Helical Solutions LLC
- **Location:** 29 Sanford Drive, GORHAM, MAINE, 04038
- **NAICS:** 333512
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was dressing a grinding wheel with a rag when the rag became caught in the wheel. The employee's left hand was then pulled into the grinding wheel, amputating the index finger and lacerating the third, fourth, and fifth fingers.

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