# Amputations involving bone loss at Howard Industries, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025032783` · 3/25/2025 · LAUREL, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
- **Source:** Machinery  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Caps, lids, covers  n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Howard Industries, Inc.
- **Location:** 3225 Pendorf Road, LAUREL, MISSISSIPPI, 39440
- **NAICS:** 335311
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was closing the ACV cover. The cover closed on his right little finger and the finger was amputated.

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