# Amputations at COCA COLA BOTTLING COMPANY OF NEW ENGLAND
> OSHA SIR `2020032751` · 3/25/2020 · EAST HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Conveyors-powered, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** COCA COLA BOTTLING COMPANY OF NEW ENGLAND
- **Location:** 451 MAIN STREET, EAST HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, 06118
- **NAICS:** 312111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to unjam a pallet on a conveyor. His right thumb was pinched under the pallet, causing a soft tissue 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*