# Amputations at Tulip Richardson Manufacturing
> OSHA SIR `20191011260` · 10/30/2019 · PHILADELPHIA, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Tulip Richardson Manufacturing
- **Location:** 931 Herman Alford Memorial Highway, PHILADELPHIA, MISSISSIPPI, 39350
- **NAICS:** 333511
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A maintenance employee was conducting a leak test when their right hand was caught on the die resulting in amputation of the thumb tip.

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