# Amputations at Saint-Gobain Abrasives, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019033218` · 3/28/2019 · WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker
- **Source:** Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
- **Secondary source:** Containers, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Saint-Gobain Abrasives, Inc.
- **Location:** 1 New Bond St, WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, 01615
- **NAICS:** 327910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was manually pushing an industrial cart/buggy by a container when his finger was caught between the cart and the container, resulting in an amputation of the left ring fingertip and nail.

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