# Amputations at GateHouse Media, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015074290` · 7/2/2015 · FRAMINGHAM, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Printing machinery and equipment, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Jewelry, ID badge lanyards
## Employer
- **Name:** GateHouse Media, Inc.
- **Location:** 33 New York Avenue, FRAMINGHAM, MASSACHUSETTS, 01701
- **NAICS:** 511110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee degloved his left ring finger when his ring got caught while performing an adjustment on a straight line inserter machine. The employee was hospitalized and underwent a surgical amputation.

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