# Amputations at Jacobs Vehicle Systems, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021043079` · 4/13/2021 · BLOOMFIELD, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Jacobs Vehicle Systems, Inc.
- **Location:** 22 East Dudley Town Road, BLOOMFIELD, CONNECTICUT, 06002
- **NAICS:** 336340
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping the operator of an assembly stand. The machine was engaged and the stand amputated the tip of the employee's left index finger.

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