# Amputations at US Salt LLC
> OSHA SIR `20161211813` · 12/20/2016 · WATKINS GLEN, 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:** Conveyors-chain
- **Secondary source:** Drums, pulleys, sheaves
## Employer
- **Name:** US Salt LLC
- **Location:** SALT POINT ROAD, WATKINS GLEN, NEW YORK, 14891
- **NAICS:** 311942
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was making adjustments to a chain conveyor with a come-along when the chain slipped and caught the employee's left hand, amputating the middle fingertip at the nailbed.

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