# Amputations at MICROTEK, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2022021056` · 2/3/2022 · CHICOPEE, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Bending, crimping machines
## Employer
- **Name:** MICROTEK, INC.
- **Location:** 2070 WESTOVER RD., CHICOPEE, MASSACHUSETTS, 01022
- **NAICS:** 335921
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On February 3, 2022, around 11:20 a.m., and employee was using a crimping machine to crimp ferrules onto wires when the machine contacted their left index finger and crimped it, 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*