# Amputations at PURITAN MEDICAL PRODUCTS COMPANY, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2021032234` · 3/15/2021 · GUILFORD, MAINE
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Medical, surgical, x-ray machinery and equipment, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** PURITAN MEDICAL PRODUCTS COMPANY, LLC
- **Location:** 35 SCHOOL STREET, GUILFORD, MAINE, 04443
- **NAICS:** 339113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was adjusting a machine when it cycled and its parts caused the amputation of the employee's middle fingertip.

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