# Amputations at Howard Industries, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023087603` · 8/18/2023 · LAUREL, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Paper production machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Howard Industries, Inc.
- **Location:** 1 Thames Ave, LAUREL, MISSISSIPPI, 39440
- **NAICS:** 334416
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a paper shear machine. As they attempted to retrieve a piece of paper from the machine, the shear contacted their right middle finger, resulting in an amputation.

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