# Amputations at Howard Engineering, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022109124` · 10/18/2022 · NAUGATUCK, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **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:** Howard Engineering, LLC
- **Location:** 687 Wooster Street, NAUGATUCK, CONNECTICUT, 06770
- **NAICS:** 332722
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing maintenance on a rivet-making machine after a malfunction was reported. He sustained a fingertip amputation when his index finger was caught in a pinch point while performing the repairs.

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