# Amputations at Multisorb Filtration Group
> OSHA SIR `2019032623` · 3/12/2019 · BUFFALO, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Multisorb Filtration Group
- **Location:** 325 Harlem Road, BUFFALO, NEW YORK, 14224
- **NAICS:** 325998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee opened an interlocked guard door and caught their hand in a pinch point causing a fingertip amputation.

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