# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Novo Precision LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024021509` · 2/17/2024 · BRISTOL, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thumb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Stationary drills, milling machinery
- **Secondary source:** Gloves, handguards  except disposable, electric insulating
## Employer
- **Name:** Novo Precision LLC
- **Location:** 150 Dolphin Road, BRISTOL, CONNECTICUT, 06010
- **NAICS:** 332618
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting plastic tubes to length using a milling machine. His glove became entangled in the machine's rotating spindle, causing his hand to be drawn toward the endmill cutter. The top layer of his left thumb was amputated.

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