# Amputations at Kulite Semiconductor Products, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019066322` · 6/24/2019 · LEONIA, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Containers-pressurized, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
## Employer
- **Name:** Kulite Semiconductor Products, Inc.
- **Location:** One Willow Tree Rd., LEONIA, NEW JERSEY, 07605
- **NAICS:** 336413
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a cart to transport a full liquid nitrogen dewar when the liquid nitrogen dewar slipped/shifted position on the hook holding it in place. The employee's right middle finger was then crushed between the dewar and the cart, 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*