# Amputations at AVA Companies
> OSHA SIR `2017099145` · 9/23/2017 · HICKSVILLE, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Conveyors-chain
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** AVA Companies
- **Location:** 383 West John Street, HICKSVILLE, NEW YORK, 11801
- **NAICS:** 424470
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was lubricating a conveyor chain when his glove and subsequently left hand became stuck in the conveyor chain and sprocket, amputating his pinky, ring, and middle fingertips.

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