# Amputations at STRONG FORGE & FABRICATION
> OSHA SIR `20181010609` · 10/15/2018 · BATAVIA, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** STRONG FORGE & FABRICATION
- **Location:** 20 Liberty Street, BATAVIA, NEW YORK, 14020
- **NAICS:** 332710
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a horizontal broaching machine to cut two metal parts when his index finger was caught between the two parts, resulting in an amputation between the first and second knuckle.

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