# Amputations at Okay Industries, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019043507` · 4/4/2019 · BERLIN, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Special process machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Okay Industries, Inc.
- **Location:** 245 New Park Drive, BERLIN, CONNECTICUT, 06037
- **NAICS:** 339112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on an automation assembly laser machine when parts moved unexpectedly. The employee's finger was caught in the machine as it advanced, and he suffered a broken bone and a partial fingertip amputation requiring surgery. The machine was not locked out at the time.

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