# Amputations at VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED
> OSHA SIR `20231211220` · 12/8/2023 · BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED
- **Location:** 1 Harbour St., BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, 02210
- **NAICS:** 325412
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On December 8, 2023, an employee was disassembling a roller compactor when their fingers were struck by the release of a valve. The employee suffered a fingertip amputation.

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