# Amputations at Rogers Foam Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2020109634` · 10/9/2020 · SOMERVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Rogers Foam Corporation
- **Location:** 20 Vernon St., SOMERVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS, 02145
- **NAICS:** 326140
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a foam profile machine. As the employee attempted to remove a piece of foam from within the profile machine their finger contacted the blade resulting in a partial amputation.

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