# Amputations at National Pipe and Plastics Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021097645` · 9/6/2021 · ENDICOTT, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Extruding machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** National Pipe and Plastics Inc.
- **Location:** 15 Mills Ave., ENDICOTT, NEW YORK, 13760
- **NAICS:** 326122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was at the extruder pushing pipe down the line. As the employee was manually positioning a piece of pipe that was being heated, his finger was caught in an unguarded rotator chain resulting in an amputation.

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