# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Fire Equipment Inc
> OSHA SIR `2025021247` · 2/7/2025 · LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Bending, rolling, shaping, stamping machinery  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Fire Equipment Inc
- **Location:** 626 Lynnway, LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS, 01901
- **NAICS:** 423850
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a pipe grooving machine to groove an 8-inch pipe. His gloved index finger on his left hand was caught between the groover and the pipe, crushing the top part of his finger. The employee's left index finger was partially amputated.

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