# Amputations at New Hampshire Plastics, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20191011274` · 10/30/2019 · MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Extruding machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** New Hampshire Plastics, Inc.
- **Location:** 315 Bouchard Street, MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE, 03103
- **NAICS:** 325211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working as an assistant on the extrusion line, pulling plastic out from the machine. The roller was dropped on the injured employee's right hand, crushing two fingers between the machine's rollers. The employee sustained a partial amputation of the ring and middle fingers.

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