# Amputations at Applied Rubber & Plastics, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20171110561` · 11/1/2017 · WINDSOR, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Applied Rubber & Plastics, Inc.
- **Location:** 100 Skitchewaug Street, WINDSOR, CONNECTICUT, 06095
- **NAICS:** 326299
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On November 1, 2017, an employee was setting up a machine when his index finger became stuck under a safeguard. When he tried to pull it free, his fingertip was severed.

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