# Amputations at Dexmet Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2022043201` · 4/12/2022 · WALLINGFORD, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Dexmet Corporation
- **Location:** 22 Barnes Industrial Road South, WALLINGFORD, CONNECTICUT, 06492
- **NAICS:** 331110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a mesh cutting machine. A piece of mesh was rolling out of the machine and started to coil onto itself rather than coming out as a flat section. The employee was working to straighten the material to prevent it from jamming the machine when the machine amputated their middle finger between the fingernail and knuckle.

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