# Amputations at Modern Dispersions, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20171212147` · 12/21/2017 · LEOMINSTER, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Modern Dispersions, Inc.
- **Location:** 78 Marquerite Ave., LEOMINSTER, MASSACHUSETTS, 01453
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee as cleaning debris from the secondary screw of a blender when it amputated part of his index finger. The machine was running at the time.

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