# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at The Wiffle Ball, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024109717` · 10/18/2024 · SHELTON, CONNECTICUT
## 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:** Plastic injection molding machinery
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** The Wiffle Ball, Inc.
- **Location:** 275 Bridgeport Avenue, SHELTON, CONNECTICUT, 06484
- **NAICS:** 339930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A panel was knocked off the side of a plastic injection molding machine. A temporary employee was vacuuming inside the machine when their little finger contacted a moving part. The employee's fingertip was amputated.

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