# Amputations at Confer Plastics Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016053655` · 5/2/2016 · NORTH TONAWANDA, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Confer Plastics Inc.
- **Location:** 97 Witmer Road, NORTH TONAWANDA, NEW YORK, 14120
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On 5/2/16, an employee suffered the amputation of the end of his right middle finger while working on a molding machine.

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