# Amputations at General Magnaplate Corporation
> OSHA SIR `20160910212` · 9/22/2016 · LINDEN, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** General Magnaplate Corporation
- **Location:** 1331 W. Edgar Rd, LINDEN, NEW JERSEY, 07036
- **NAICS:** 332812
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing a belt on equipment using a bar and got a finger caught between the belt and pulley amputating the fingertip.

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