# Amputations at Whitney Brothers
> OSHA SIR `20221110101` · 11/16/2022 · KEENE, NEW HAMPSHIRE
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Banding, baling, strapping machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Whitney Brothers
- **Location:** 93 Railroad Street, KEENE, NEW HAMPSHIRE, 03431
- **NAICS:** 337211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A maintenance employee was making adjustments on a banding machine when their hand came in contact with the cutter head, resulting in a fingertip amputation. The machine was guarded at the time.

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