# Amputations at New Hampshire Ball Bearings, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017076871` · 7/24/2017 · PETERBOROUGH, NEW HAMPSHIRE
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Grinders, abraders
## Employer
- **Name:** New Hampshire Ball Bearings, Inc.
- **Location:** 175 Jaffrey Road, PETERBOROUGH, NEW HAMPSHIRE, 03458
- **NAICS:** 332991
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pushing a part into a grinder in the centerless grind area when the employee's left index finger came in contact with the grinding wheel. The finger had to be amputated to the first knuckle.

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