# Amputations at Airlite Plastics Company
> OSHA SIR `2016098746` · 9/15/2016 · OMAHA, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Airlite Plastics Company
- **Location:** 6110 Abbott Dr., OMAHA, NEBRASKA, 68110
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a ball from the throat on a machine when his right index fingertip was amputated in a pinch point.

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