# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Wright Line LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024065422` · 6/18/2024 · WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
- **Secondary source:** Vehicle and machine attachments  n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Wright Line LLC
- **Location:** 160 Gold Star Boulevard, WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, 01606
- **NAICS:** 337127
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was emptying scrap from a hopper into a metal dumpster. The employee released the hopper latch and his left index finger was caught between the fork and the hopper frame. The employee sustained a fingertip amputation.

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