# Amputations at Hygrade Precision Technologies, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020011007` · 1/30/2020 · PLAINVILLE, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Hygrade Precision Technologies, Inc.
- **Location:** 329 Cooke Street, PLAINVILLE, CONNECTICUT, 06062
- **NAICS:** 332710
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing a grinding wheel when it fell onto his left hand, causing a partial amputation of the left pinky finger.

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