# Amputations at Slant Fin
> OSHA SIR `2017098472` · 9/1/2017 · GLEN COVE, 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:** Presses, except printing, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Slant Fin
- **Location:** 40 Garvies Point Rd., GLEN COVE, NEW YORK, 11542
- **NAICS:** 333414
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was making a bracket on a power press when his left hand contacted the moving components in the press, partially amputating his index fingertip.

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