# Amputations at HOWARD INDUSTRIES INC.
> OSHA SIR `2017065128` · 6/5/2017 · LAUREL, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Bending, crimping machines
## Employer
- **Name:** HOWARD INDUSTRIES INC.
- **Location:** 3225 PENDORF ROAD, LAUREL, MISSISSIPPI, 39441
- **NAICS:** 335311
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was checking the placement of a wire in a hydraulic crimping tool when the tool was activated and partially amputated her left thumb.

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