# Amputations at MR Stratford Baling, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2016043340` · 4/21/2016 · STRATFORD, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Hammers, except sledge-nonpowered
## Employer
- **Name:** MR Stratford Baling, LLC
- **Location:** 80 Garfield Avenue, STRATFORD, CONNECTICUT, 06615
- **NAICS:** 423930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was clearing a jam on a machine using a hammer.  As he used the hammer to hit the material, his hand struck a metal bar, amputating his right ring finger at the third knuckle.

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