# Amputations at Philips
> OSHA SIR `2017032931` · 3/30/2017 · MONROEVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Medical, surgical, x-ray machinery and equipment, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Philips
- **Location:** 1740 Golden Mile Highway, MONROEVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, 15146
- **NAICS:** 541712
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was testing a new matrix for respiratory care when a valve closed on the employee's right middle finger, amputating the fingertip.

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