# Amputations at Osram Sylvania Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023109143` · 10/4/2023 · HILLSBOROUGH, NEW HAMPSHIRE
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Packaging, bottling, wrapping machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Osram Sylvania Inc.
- **Location:** 275 West Main Street., HILLSBOROUGH, NEW HAMPSHIRE, 03244
- **NAICS:** 336321
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was troubleshooting a blister pack machine that packs bulbs into blister cards for distribution. The employee was attempting to free stuck blister cups when the transfer head of the machine came up to grab the next cups and caught the employee's middle fingers. The employee suffered an amputation of the left middle fingertip and a partial de-gloving to the right middle fingertip.

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