# Amputations at Sovena USA
> OSHA SIR `2016098506` · 9/8/2016 · ROME, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
## Employer
- **Name:** Sovena USA
- **Location:** 1 Olive Grove Street, ROME, NEW YORK, 13441
- **NAICS:** 311223
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was adjusting a valve on a tanker truck when the valve closed and removed the right index fingertip.

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