# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Boston Gas Company DBA National Grid
> OSHA SIR `2024010112` · 1/5/2024 · SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Threading, tapping machinery
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Boston Gas Company DBA National Grid
- **Location:** 28 Nichols Street, SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS, 01970
- **NAICS:** 221210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Upon completing the threading of a piece of 1  pipe an employee began to wrench on a 90-egree fitting using a pipe threading machine as a vise. The employee inadvertently stepped on the automatic pedal of the pipe threader, engaging the equipment while they were installing the fitting on the opposite end of the pipe. The employee s finger got caught between the wrench and the stabilizing bar, causing a fingertip amputation.

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