# Amputations at UPSTATE NIAGARA COOPERATIVE
> OSHA SIR `2016042949` · 4/8/2016 · WEBSTER, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Delivery truck or van
## Employer
- **Name:** UPSTATE NIAGARA COOPERATIVE
- **Location:** 1550 Empire Blvd., WEBSTER, NEW YORK, 14580
- **NAICS:** 311511
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was raising the slide gate on his truck with one hand on the controls and the other hand free. He slipped and his left hand was caught between the truck and rising gate, amputating his left middle fingertip.

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