# Amputations involving bone loss at R. R. Donnelley
> OSHA SIR `2025055081` · 5/29/2025 · BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
- **Secondary source:** Drives, belts, chains
## Employer
- **Name:** R. R. Donnelley
- **Location:** 65 Sprague Street, Suite 9, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, 02136
- **NAICS:** 323111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On May 29, 2025, at approximately 9:45 AM, an employee was operating a stretch wrapping machine in the shipping/receiving area when the machine malfunctioned. The employee was fixing the machine when his right thumb got caught in a chain. The machine removed 90% of the tip of his thumb and the bone was fractured. The employee required surgery and their thumb tip was reattached.

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