# Amputations at Chromalloy Gas Turbine LLC
> OSHA SIR `2020109970` · 10/20/2020 · ORANGEBURG, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
- **Source:** Boxes, crates, cartons
## Employer
- **Name:** Chromalloy Gas Turbine LLC
- **Location:** 330 Blaisdell Rd., ORANGEBURG, NEW YORK, 10962
- **NAICS:** 423860
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On October 20, 2020, a maintenance employee was cleaning a machine pit. The employee was lifting a wooden box and it slipped out of his hands. When he tried to grab the wooden box, he pinched his left middle finger between the wooden box and a metal corner on the machine resulting in amputation of his left middle fingertip.

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