# Amputations at EMPIRE STAFFING, INC.
> OSHA SIR `20191112098` · 11/21/2019 · NEW BEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Conveyors-powered, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** EMPIRE STAFFING, INC.
- **Location:** 10 North Front Street, NEW BEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS, 02740
- **NAICS:** 561320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A temporary employee was processing lobster bodies when their finger was caught in a conveyor. The finger was partially amputated.

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