# Amputations at Upper Valley Press, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20171110853` · 11/10/2017 · NORTH HAVERHILL, NEW HAMPSHIRE
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Garage doors
## Employer
- **Name:** Upper Valley Press, Inc.
- **Location:** 446 Benton Rd., NORTH HAVERHILL, NEW HAMPSHIRE, 03774
- **NAICS:** 323111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was programming a garage door. The employee's hand was resting on the door chain when the equipment was started. The door chain then amputated the employee's index fingertip beneath the nail.

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