# Amputations at Geritrex, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20181213008` · 12/19/2018 · MIDDLETOWN, NEW YORK
## 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:** Geritrex, LLC
- **Location:** 40 Commercial Avenue, MIDDLETOWN, NEW YORK, 10941
- **NAICS:** 325412
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While adjusting a rotating table on a process line, a mechanic caught and amputated the tip of his finger in the drive chain sprocket.

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