# Amputations at Ira Green Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019010849` · 1/24/2019 · PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Honing, polishing, lapping machinery
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Ira Green Inc.
- **Location:** 177 Georgia Ave., PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, 02905
- **NAICS:** 332813
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a polishing machine when the polishing wheel caught his gloved right hand. The tip of his middle finger was amputated.

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