# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Novacel, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025077382` · 7/28/2025 · PALMER, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by object handled by person  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Reels, rolls, spools, coils
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Novacel, Inc.
- **Location:** 21 Third Street, PALMER, MASSACHUSETTS, 01069
- **NAICS:** 326113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was manually lifting a film roll when their right middle fingertip was pinched between the roll and a metal beam, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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