# Amputations at H.H. Brown Shoe Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020076305` · 7/6/2020 · MARTINSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Textile, apparel, leather production machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** H.H. Brown Shoe Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 107 Highland Street, MARTINSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, 16662
- **NAICS:** 316210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had been using a trimming machine with a 1-inch-diameter radial blade to trim off excess leather shoe material. While he was moving a case of finished trimmed work, the blade nipped his left middle and ring fingers, causing partial amputations.

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