# Amputations at Carris Reels of Connecticut
> OSHA SIR `2015107902` · 10/22/2015 · ENFIELD, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Grinders, abraders
## Employer
- **Name:** Carris Reels of Connecticut
- **Location:** 11 Randolph Street, ENFIELD, CONNECTICUT, 06082
- **NAICS:** 321999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to put a chain back on the sprocket drive of the wood hog machine. Another employee started up the machine and the injured employee's fingers were caught in the machine resulting in the amputation of the pinky fingertip and a broken ring finger.

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