# Amputations at Continental Biomass Industries, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018077006` · 7/12/2018 · FOXBORO, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Chippers
## Employer
- **Name:** Continental Biomass Industries, Inc.
- **Location:** 80 East Belcher Road, FOXBORO, MASSACHUSETTS, 02035
- **NAICS:** 562219
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was testing/troubleshooting a wood chipper when the employee's hand was caught in the drive belt, resulting in multiple broken bones and a severely lacerated thumb.

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