# Amputations at HITCHINER MANUFACTURING CO., INC.
> OSHA SIR `2020109583` · 10/8/2020 · MILFORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** HITCHINER MANUFACTURING CO., INC.
- **Location:** 5 SCARBOROUGH LN, MILFORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE, 03055
- **NAICS:** 331512
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading a part into a machine when the clamping mechanism closed on their hand, resulting in amputation of the left index fingertip.

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