# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Industrial Drives and Controls Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024064992` · 6/6/2024 · SANDY HOOK, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Other material and personnel handling machinery  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Machine guards
## Employer
- **Name:** Industrial Drives and Controls Inc.
- **Location:** 44 Berkshire Road, SANDY HOOK, CONNECTICUT, 06482
- **NAICS:** 335999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a wire pulling machine to feed wire into a building. The wire got tangled and the employee attempted to straighten the rope. His finger became caught in unguarded moving parts. The employee sustained a severe laceration that resulted in a medical amputation.

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