# Amputations at Star-Glo Industries, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2020099077` · 9/24/2020 · EAST RUTHERFORD, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Dies, molds, patterns
## Employer
- **Name:** Star-Glo Industries, LLC
- **Location:** 2 Carlton Ave, EAST RUTHERFORD, NEW JERSEY, 07073
- **NAICS:** 326299
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pushing a metal mold onto a shelf. When the employee pushed on the top bar, it glided and the employee's right middle finger was pinched between it and the surface of the mold. The fingertip was amputated from the bottom of the nail to the top.

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