# Amputations at Catalent
> OSHA SIR `2015053118` · 5/22/2015 · SAINT PETERSBURG, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Catalent
- **Location:** 2725 Scherer Drive North, SAINT PETERSBURG, FLORIDA, 33716
- **NAICS:** 325412
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning an actuator valve for an R&D project. He activated the valve, which opened it. When he then deactivated the valve, he did not remove his finger, and the valve caught his fingertip. He pulled his finger away, removing the pinky fingertip skin on his left hand.

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