# Amputations at Loos & Co., Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021021579` · 2/22/2021 · POMFRET CENTER, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Forging machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Loos & Co., Inc.
- **Location:** 16B Mashamoquet Road, POMFRET CENTER, CONNECTICUT, 06259
- **NAICS:** 331222
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a furnace line in a wire mill department, running material line on a spool. A piece of material caught his left index finger as he tried to cut it, amputating the fingertip.

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