# Cuts, lacerations at SHOES FOR CREWS
> OSHA SIR `20171111320` · 11/28/2017 · NEWTON, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Boxes, crates, cartons
## Employer
- **Name:** SHOES FOR CREWS
- **Location:** 200 Bristol Glen Drive, NEWTON, NEW JERSEY, 07860
- **NAICS:** 316213
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was packing up shoes in a heavy plastic case when it fell and lacerated his right index finger. The laceration became infected, and his right index fingertip and entire middle finger had to be amputated.

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