# Amputations at Acushnet Rubber Company Incorporated DBA Precix
> OSHA SIR `2022054510` · 5/24/2022 · NEW BEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Grinding, polishing machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Acushnet Rubber Company Incorporated DBA Precix
- **Location:** 744 Belleville Avenue, NEW BEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS, 02745
- **NAICS:** 326299
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was sanding a metal mesh part on a disk sander. The piece of metal was pulled into the gap between the table and the sanding disk, and the employee's left thumb contacted the sand paper. The top of the thumb (about 5/8 of an inch) was amputated.

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