# Amputations at Tollman Spring Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20161111111` · 11/29/2016 · BRISTOL, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Grinders, abraders
## Employer
- **Name:** Tollman Spring Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 91 Enterprise Drive, BRISTOL, CONNECTICUT, 06010
- **NAICS:** 332612
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While placing springs into a grinding machine, an employee contacted the guide edge of the grinding machine, amputating the right index fingertip. The machine was unguarded at the time of the incident.

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