# Amputations at Genzyme
> OSHA SIR `2015129185` · 12/4/2015 · FRAMINGHAM, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Genzyme
- **Location:** 74 New York Avenue, FRAMINGHAM, MASSACHUSETTS, 01702
- **NAICS:** 325412
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on an agitator when one of the pieces of equipment shifted and crushed the employee's pinky finger. The finger had to be partially medically amputated.

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