# Amputations at Darling Ingredients Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017021408` · 2/13/2017 · NIAGARA FALLS, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Gates
## Employer
- **Name:** Darling Ingredients Inc.
- **Location:** 302 Rainbow Blvd., NIAGARA FALLS, NEW YORK, 14303
- **NAICS:** 311613
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was opening a security gate and attempting to release a bent locking mechanism when his right ring finger was caught in the mechanism, amputating his fingertip.

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