# Amputations at Durand Glass Manufacturing Company
> OSHA SIR `2018021434` · 2/12/2018 · MILLVILLE, NEW JERSEY
## 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:** Durand Glass Manufacturing Company
- **Location:** 901 South Wade Boulevard, MILLVILLE, NEW JERSEY, 08332
- **NAICS:** 327215
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was clearing a clog in the air rotary. The paddles within the air rotary energized and began to rotate. As the paddles rotated, they pinched the tip of the employee's right ring finger resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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