# Amputations involving bone loss at Jen-Coat, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025032232` · 3/8/2025 · WESTFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS
## 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:** Paper production machinery  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Fan and turbine parts
## Employer
- **Name:** Jen-Coat, Inc.
- **Location:** 132 North Elm St, WESTFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, 01085
- **NAICS:** 322222
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was clearing a clog in the glue gun machine. When the clog cleared, his left index finger struck the fan blade, resulting in medical amputation.

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