# Amputations at Buffalo Wire Works
> OSHA SIR `2017065162` · 6/7/2017 · BUFFALO, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Bending, crimping machines
## Employer
- **Name:** Buffalo Wire Works
- **Location:** 1165 Clinton Street, BUFFALO, NEW YORK, 14206
- **NAICS:** 332618
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was feeding wire into a crimp cell when the employee's left hand was pulled through the crimp wheels, amputating a fingertip.

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