# Amputations at Blue Harvest Fisheries, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20191010376` · 10/3/2019 · NEW BEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Blue Harvest Fisheries, LLC
- **Location:** 40 Herman Melville Boulevard, NEW BEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS, 02740
- **NAICS:** 424460
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a machine that removes the heads of fish when the blade cut the employee's right pinky finger, resulting in a partial finger amputation.

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