# Amputations at Hampden Fence Supply, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019099212` · 9/5/2019 · AGAWAM, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** Hampden Fence Supply, Inc.
- **Location:** 80 Industrial Lane, AGAWAM, MASSACHUSETTS, 01001
- **NAICS:** 332999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was lifting the upper part of a galvanizing basket guard when the employee's finger was pinched between the guard and hard surface, crushing/amputating the fingertip.

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