# Amputations at CHAPIN MANUFACTURING, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2022119860` · 11/9/2022 · BATAVIA, 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:** Extruding machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** CHAPIN MANUFACTURING, INC.
- **Location:** 700 Ellicott Street, BATAVIA, NEW YORK, 14020
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading plastic parts into an extruder machine when their finger became caught by the feed screw, resulting in amputation of the right index fingertip.

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