# Amputations at ULTREPET LLC
> OSHA SIR `2016032645` · 3/30/2016 · ALBANY, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Valves, nozzles
## Employer
- **Name:** ULTREPET LLC
- **Location:** 136 FULLER RD, ALBANY, NEW YORK, 12205
- **NAICS:** 423930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was looking under a cooling silo when his backside hit a switch that activated the knife gate. The knife gate amputated his left fore fingertip and middle fingertip. The knife gate was not locked out/tagged out at the time.

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