# Amputations at Chromalloy Gas Turbine LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023010524` · 1/17/2023 · ORANGEBURG, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Product testing, inspecting, and diagnostic machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Chromalloy Gas Turbine LLC
- **Location:** 330 Blaisdell Rd., ORANGEBURG, NEW YORK, 10962
- **NAICS:** 423860
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing a mechanical part in a pneumatically operated air flow fixture machine. The flow switch engaged, causing a die to come into contact with his left index finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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