# Amputations at Irwin Industrial Tool Company
> OSHA SIR `2018076925` · 7/10/2018 · EAST LONGMEADOW, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Grinders, abraders
## Employer
- **Name:** Irwin Industrial Tool Company
- **Location:** 301 CHESTNUT STREET, EAST LONGMEADOW, MASSACHUSETTS, 01028
- **NAICS:** 332213
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was aligning a grinding wheel when the employee's right middle finger was pinched between the wheel and flywheel, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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