# Amputations at Nylon Corporation of America, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017021534` · 2/16/2017 · MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Pumps
## Employer
- **Name:** Nylon Corporation of America, Inc.
- **Location:** 333 SUNDAIL AVE, MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE, 03103
- **NAICS:** 325211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a pump and was moving it from one drum to another when the rotating blade on the pump amputated his right pinky finger.

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