# Amputations at Hi-Lume Corp
> OSHA SIR `2021010404` · 1/15/2021 · BROOKLYN, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Entangled in other object or equipment
- **Source:** Generators
## Employer
- **Name:** Hi-Lume Corp
- **Location:** 8925 Flatland Avenue, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, 11236
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was starting a generator by pulling a drawstring with a piece of wood attached to it when the drawstring was sucked back into the engine. The piece of wood struck the employee's left ring finger, resulting in amputation.

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