# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL
> OSHA SIR `2024087420` · 8/13/2024 · BOSTON, 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:** Medical, dental, and surgical instruments and equipment  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL
- **Location:** 75 Francis Street, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, 02115
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a microtome to cut samples for testing in the pathology department when the blade of the microtome partially amputated their left index fingertip.

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