# Amputations at The Wooster Brush Company
> OSHA SIR `2021042977` · 4/9/2021 · WOOSTER, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** The Wooster Brush Company
- **Location:** 604 Madison Avenue, WOOSTER, OHIO, 44691
- **NAICS:** 339994
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pointing at the source of a squeaking sound on a hook-and-loop fastener dot application machine. Moving parts caught his left middle finger, causing a fingertip amputation.

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