# Amputations at THE HILLIARD CORPORATION
> OSHA SIR `2016065814` · 6/29/2016 · ELMIRA, 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:** Valves, nozzles
## Employer
- **Name:** THE HILLIARD CORPORATION
- **Location:** 100 West Fourth Street, ELMIRA, NEW YORK, 14901
- **NAICS:** 333999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was re-assembling a valve and caught his finger between the valve shaft and a cover plate resulting in a severe laceration of the left middle finger through the bone.

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