# Amputations at BRETON INDUSTRIES, INC.
> OSHA SIR `20191111537` · 11/5/2019 · AMSTERDAM, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Textile, apparel, leather production machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** BRETON INDUSTRIES, INC.
- **Location:** ONE SAM STRATTON ROAD, AMSTERDAM, NEW YORK, 12010
- **NAICS:** 314912
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a machine that punches holes into canvas material when her right hand went under the guard and the machine operated. Her right middle fingertip and ring fingernail were amputated.

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