# Amputations at COVIDIEN LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
> OSHA SIR `2019055322` · 5/28/2019 · NORTH HAVEN, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Product testing, inspecting, and diagnostic machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** COVIDIEN LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
- **Location:** 60 Middletown Avenue, NORTH HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, 06473
- **NAICS:** 339112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was troubleshooting a testing machine and cleaning the laser. The machine has a rotating table above a hole where the laser shines through. The employee's left middle finger was caught between the edge of the hole opening and the rotating table when the machine was activated 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*