# Amputations at Airtech
> OSHA SIR `2022032522` · 3/21/2022 · RUTHERFORD, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** Airtech
- **Location:** 301 Veterans Blvd, RUTHERFORD, NEW JERSEY, 07070
- **NAICS:** 423830
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was training another employee on a vacuum. The injured employee suffered a fingertip amputation while he was holding a vacuum pump to feel for vibrations.

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