# Amputations at Koch Separation Solutions, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2020054558` · 5/16/2020 · WILMINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Koch Separation Solutions, Inc
- **Location:** 850 Main Street, WILMINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS, 01887
- **NAICS:** 333999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee's left hand contacted the moving parts of a braiding machine, resulting in a left ring fingertip amputation (no bone loss).

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