# Amputations at Bihler of America, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20171010363` · 10/29/2017 · PHILLIPSBURG, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Material and personnel handling machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Bihler of America, Inc.
- **Location:** 85 Industrial Rd, PHILLIPSBURG, NEW JERSEY, 08865
- **NAICS:** 333999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee's finger was caught between the chain and sprocket of the decoiler machine, resulting in the amputation of the first digit of the left index finger.

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