# Amputations at NutraStar Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020098885` · 9/18/2020 · FARMINGDALE, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **2 amputations, 2 hospitalizations**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** NutraStar Inc.
- **Location:** 700 Central Avenue, FARMINGDALE, NEW JERSEY, 07727
- **NAICS:** 325998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning an encapsulation machine when her left index finger got caught between two segments of the machine and was amputated.

An employee was working on a granulator machine to align the hopper when his right middle finger got caught between the hopper and the base of the machine resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Note to user: This record contains two separate events that were reported simultaneously to OSHA by the employer.  These events are captured as one report.

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