# Amputations at The Keeney Manufacturing Company Inc
> OSHA SIR `2018066498` · 6/29/2018 · NEWINGTON, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** The Keeney Manufacturing Company Inc
- **Location:** 1170 Main Street, NEWINGTON, CONNECTICUT, 06111
- **NAICS:** 332913
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On June 29, 2018, an employee was attempting to clear plastic from a granulator when his left middle finger contacted the grinder blade amputating the fingertip.

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