# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Webco Chemical Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2024043473` · 4/22/2024 · DUDLEY, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Machinery  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Valves, nozzles
## Employer
- **Name:** Webco Chemical Corporation
- **Location:** 420 W Main St, DUDLEY, MASSACHUSETTS, 01571
- **NAICS:** 325611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unclogging a hopper valve. The valve closed once it was unclogged, resulting a fingertip amputation.

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