# Amputations at GE GLOBAL RESEARCH
> OSHA SIR `2016054705` · 5/27/2016 · SCHENECTADY, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Elevators, hoists, aerial lifts, personnel platforms-except truck-mounted, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Elevators
## Employer
- **Name:** GE GLOBAL RESEARCH
- **Location:** 1 RESEARCH CIRCLE, SCHENECTADY, NEW YORK, 12309
- **NAICS:** 541710
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pushing a lift onto an elevator when the employee's hand was caught between the lift and the elevator, amputating a finger.

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