# Amputations involving bone loss at Parallel Products of New England, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20241110824` · 11/20/2024 · BRONX, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Trash compactors, shredders
- **Secondary source:** "Lock out/ tag out" communication systems
## Employer
- **Name:** Parallel Products of New England, Inc.
- **Location:** 885 E 137th Street, BRONX, NEW YORK, 10454
- **NAICS:** 423930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning the rotary valve on a grinder. He went to use a scraper to remove accumulation from shredding when the machine caught his right hand. The machine amputated three fingers and damaged the fourth. He required surgery. The machine was not locked out/tagged out at the time.

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