# Amputations at ECR International
> OSHA SIR `20181111743` · 11/14/2018 · UTICA, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Heating and cooking machinery and appliances, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** ECR International
- **Location:** 2201 Dwyer Avenue, UTICA, NEW YORK, 13501
- **NAICS:** 332410
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was placing a heat exchanger into an outer cabinet. The employee's finger was pinched between the cabinet and the heat exchanger, suffering an amputation near the fingernail area.

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