# Amputations at Water Street Brass
> OSHA SIR `2022087047` · 8/10/2022 · FALCONER, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Grinding, polishing machinery, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Water Street Brass
- **Location:** 2155 Allen Street Extension, FALCONER, NEW YORK, 14733
- **NAICS:** 423710
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was buffing a brass part on a motorized buffing wheel. The wheel caught the employee's left glove and amputated the employee's ring fingertip.

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