# Amputations at Flexovit USA, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017098469` · 9/1/2017 · ANGOLA, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Flexovit USA, Inc.
- **Location:** 1305 Eden-Evans Center RD, ANGOLA, NEW YORK, 14006
- **NAICS:** 327910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to remove a jammed box from a machine. When the box was removed, the machine moved and pinched/amputated the employee's right middle fingertip.

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