# Amputations at SIKA CORPORATION
> OSHA SIR `2015042087` · 4/17/2015 · CANTON, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Rolling mills, rolling, calendering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** SIKA CORPORATION
- **Location:** 100 Dan Road, CANTON, MASSACHUSETTS, 02021
- **NAICS:** 326299
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was receiving trimmed PVC membrane pieces from a calendar when his finger came in contact with the blade amputating a fingertip. He was wearing cut-resistant gloves at the time of the incident.

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