# Amputations at Kimble Chase Life Science and Research Products LLC
> OSHA SIR `2015074737` · 7/17/2015 · ROCHESTER, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Kimble Chase Life Science and Research Products LLC
- **Location:** 140 Bennington Drive, ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, 14616
- **NAICS:** 327215
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was instructing another operator on how to run a task with a new machine set up in place on the autogrinder machine. He used his right hand to point out a piece of glass as material was being fed into the machine on a small conveyor belt. His finger contacted an in-going nip point on rotating gears, and he sustained a right index fingertip amputation.

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