# Amputations at Arizona East Distributors
> OSHA SIR `2019043995` · 4/18/2019 · MINOTOLA, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Arizona East Distributors
- **Location:** 1016 West Summer Avenue, MINOTOLA, NEW JERSEY, 08341
- **NAICS:** 493110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was assembling corrugated boxes and was operating a pneumatic stapler when he attempted to move a box that was stuck. His fingertip was then caught in the stapler, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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