# Amputations at KENNEDY VALVE, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2019032461` · 3/7/2019 · ELMIRA, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Caps, lids, covers, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** KENNEDY VALVE, INC.
- **Location:** 1021 East Water Street, ELMIRA, NEW YORK, 14901
- **NAICS:** 332911
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing a cover in a sand machine. The cover shifted, causing the amputation of the employee's left middle fingertip.

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