# Amputations at Zacros America, Inc. (Hedwin Division)
> OSHA SIR `20161211444` · 12/8/2016 · NEWARK, DELAWARE
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Zacros America, Inc. (Hedwin Division)
- **Location:** 220 Lake Drive, NEWARK, DELAWARE, 19702
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to free bridged material in a regrind feeder when an auger struck and amputated his right pointer, middle, and ring fingertips.

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