# Amputations at SUPERIOR CONTRACTING SERVICES
> OSHA SIR `2017032495` · 3/17/2017 · WALPOLE, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **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:** Vacuum cleaners
## Employer
- **Name:** SUPERIOR CONTRACTING SERVICES
- **Location:** 333 ConeySt, WALPOLE, MASSACHUSETTS, 02081
- **NAICS:** 238990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee amputated the right ring finger while operating the back pack vacuum machine.

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