# Amputations at Miller Constructors
> OSHA SIR `2017021636` · 2/20/2017 · BETHEL, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Miller Constructors
- **Location:** 23 Francis Clark Circle, BETHEL, CONNECTICUT, 06801
- **NAICS:** 236115
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning the blade of a power tool when it activated, partially amputating his right thumb. The blade was unguarded at the time.

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