# Amputations at Gorton's, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022108826` · 10/6/2022 · GLOUCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Pumps
## Employer
- **Name:** Gorton's, Inc.
- **Location:** 128 Rogers Street, GLOUCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, 01930
- **NAICS:** 311710
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was fixing a leaking hose/pipe. The employee's fingers entered a pump, and the employee suffered a finger amputation caused by the pump's rotors.

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