# Amputations at Luvata Waterbury, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018032535` · 3/14/2018 · WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Luvata Waterbury, Inc.
- **Location:** 2121 Thomaston Avenue, WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, 06704
- **NAICS:** 332618
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a die stringer machine when his right hand entered the area between the die holder and the capstan. A wire then pulled the employee's middle fingertip, resulting in an amputation. The area between the die holder and the capstan was unguarded at the time of the incident.

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