# Amputations at Merrimack Sheet Metal
> OSHA SIR `20201211343` · 12/3/2020 · CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Grinders, abraders
## Employer
- **Name:** Merrimack Sheet Metal
- **Location:** 119 Hall Street, CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE, 03301
- **NAICS:** 332322
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While an employee was deburring a plate, the plate got caught between the spinning disc and the machine table, cutting the employee's thumb and pushing it toward the spinning disc. The employee's thumb was then pinched between the plate and disc, leading to an amputation of the thumb tip.

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