# Amputations at HOWARD INDUSTRIES, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2021119562` · 11/4/2021 · LAUREL, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Winders, unwinders
## Employer
- **Name:** HOWARD INDUSTRIES, INC.
- **Location:** 1 Thames Road, LAUREL, MISSISSIPPI, 39440
- **NAICS:** 335311
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was setting up a coil-winding machine when one of the machine's mandrels fell and the employee's right index finger got caught between two mandrels, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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