# Amputations at Howard Products, Incorporated
> OSHA SIR `2020010777` · 1/24/2020 · WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Howard Products, Incorporated
- **Location:** 7 BROOKFIELD STREET, WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, 01615
- **NAICS:** 332322
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a machine and caught their left thumb in the point of operation 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*