# Amputations at Champion Elevator Corp.
> OSHA SIR `2021097769` · 9/9/2021 · NEW YORK, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Machine and appliance parts, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Champion Elevator Corp.
- **Location:** 131 Duane Street, NEW YORK, NEW YORK, 10013
- **NAICS:** 333921
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were removing components from an elevator. An employee's finger was pinched between a component and the floor as he was lowering the component. The tip of his finger was amputated.

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