# Amputations at HENNIGES AUTOMOTIVE SEALING SYSTEMS NORTH AMERICA, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2023054053` · 5/5/2023 · NEW HAVEN, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **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, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** HENNIGES AUTOMOTIVE SEALING SYSTEMS NORTH AMERICA, INC.
- **Location:** 101 Danny Scott Drive, NEW HAVEN, MISSOURI, 63068
- **NAICS:** 336399
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was clearing rubber that was stuck in a machine when the machine activated, lacerating the employee's left middle finger. The fingertip to the first knuckle was then medically amputated. The machine was unguarded at the time.

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