# Amputations at ST. VINCENT'S MEDICAL CENTER
> OSHA SIR `2021119800` · 11/11/2021 · BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Medical, surgical, x-ray machinery and equipment, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** ST. VINCENT'S MEDICAL CENTER
- **Location:** 2800 MAIN STREET, BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT, 06606
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a microtome to prepare slides for staining. The microtome blade lacerated the employee's left index finger, resulting in the amputation of part of the fingertip (without bone loss).

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