# Amputations at Tate & Lyle
> OSHA SIR `2019077755` · 7/30/2019 · DAYTON, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Screws
## Employer
- **Name:** Tate & Lyle
- **Location:** 5600 Brentlinger Dr, DAYTON, OHIO, 45414
- **NAICS:** 445299
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was lowering a 120-pound helical screw into a centrifuge using a chain fall suspended from an I-beam. When the screw fell quickly into place, the employee's right ring finger was caught between it and the shaft. The fingertip was amputated.

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