# Amputations at Sitrin Healthcare Center
> OSHA SIR `2019021714` · 2/15/2019 · NEW HARTFORD, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
- **Source:** Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Sitrin Healthcare Center
- **Location:** 2050 Tilden Ave, NEW HARTFORD, NEW YORK, 13413
- **NAICS:** 623110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a lift gate on a truck. The lift gate mechanism pinched the employee's left ring finger, causing its amputation.

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