# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Carris Reels of Connecticut
> OSHA SIR `2025054613` · 5/16/2025 · ENFIELD, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Gloves, handguards  except disposable, electric insulating
## Employer
- **Name:** Carris Reels of Connecticut
- **Location:** 11 Randolph Street, ENFIELD, CONNECTICUT, 06082
- **NAICS:** 321999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was feeding a metal rod into a machine that threads and cuts the rod. When the metal rod twisted, the threads on the rod caught the employee's glove and pulled their left hand into the cutting machine. The employee sustained an amputation to a fingertip.

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