# Amputations at H.H. Brown Shoe Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021053950` · 5/13/2021 · MARTINSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Textile, apparel, leather production machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** H.H. Brown Shoe Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 107 Highland Street, MARTINSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, 16662
- **NAICS:** 316210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trimming excess leather from a boot on the inseam trimming machine when the workpiece slipped and his right index finger contacted the blade resulting in a partial amputation of the fingertip.

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