# Amputations at Isabella Geriatric Center
> OSHA SIR `2017087703` · 8/11/2017 · NEW YORK, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Vending machines
- **Secondary source:** Vehicle, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Isabella Geriatric Center
- **Location:** 515 Audubon Ave, NEW YORK, NEW YORK, 10040
- **NAICS:** 623110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were moving a soda vending machine with a pallet jack. The vending machine became unstable. An employee attempted to stabilize the vending machine at the bottom. The vending machine slid off the pallet jack, crushing the employee's left second digit and amputating the fingertip.

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