# Amputations at EDARON, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2018021523` · 2/13/2018 · HOLYOKE, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Brake presses
## Employer
- **Name:** EDARON, INC.
- **Location:** 100 APPLETON ST., HOLYOKE, MASSACHUSETTS, 01040
- **NAICS:** 339932
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was setting up the press brake when the machine started amputating the employee's right hand.

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