# Amputations at Edson Manufacturing Inc
> OSHA SIR `2023065797` · 6/29/2023 · WOLCOTT, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **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:** Edson Manufacturing Inc
- **Location:** 10 Venus Drive, WOLCOTT, CONNECTICUT, 06716
- **NAICS:** 332999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was replacing a broken punch pin on an assembly machine. While installing the punch pin plunger, the machine was jogged, causing the employee's fingertip to become pinched between the wedge block and the roller. Their left middle finger was amputated above the first joint.

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