# Amputations at New England Wire Products, Inc
> OSHA SIR `20181111588` · 11/9/2018 · LEOMINSTER, MASSACHUSETTS
## 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:** Bending, crimping machines
## Employer
- **Name:** New England Wire Products, Inc
- **Location:** 9 Mohawk Dr, LEOMINSTER, MASSACHUSETTS, 01453
- **NAICS:** 331420
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was bending a piece of metal tubing on a horizontal tube bender. The employee's thumb was caught between the tube and the die, and the tip of the thumb was amputated.

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