# Amputations at NYLACARB CORP.
> OSHA SIR `2016087849` · 8/22/2016 · VERO BEACH, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Table saws
## Employer
- **Name:** NYLACARB CORP.
- **Location:** 1725 98TH AVE., VERO BEACH, FLORIDA, 32966
- **NAICS:** 333220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While using a table saw to cut down plastic parts, the tip of an employee's glove was caught by the saw pulling the employee's thumb into the saw and removing the flesh from the very tip of the right thumb. No bone was removed.

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