# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Huhtamaki, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025043601` · 4/17/2025 · WATERVILLE, MAINE
## 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:** Paper production machinery  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Machine guards
## Employer
- **Name:** Huhtamaki, Inc.
- **Location:** 242 College Avenue, WATERVILLE, MAINE, 04901
- **NAICS:** 322299
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was troubleshooting a broken belt on a beveling machine when his left index finger was caught in a partially guarded chain and sprocket mechanism, resulting in a partial fingertip amputation just below the fingernail.

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