# Amputations at Hajoca Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2023021153` · 2/6/2023 · SOMERS, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Racks-garment and other
- **Secondary source:** Jewelry, ID badge lanyards
## Employer
- **Name:** Hajoca Corporation
- **Location:** 49 Route 138, SOMERS, NEW YORK, 10589
- **NAICS:** 423720
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a pipe from a rack, the third one up from the floor. He had to stretch to reach the pipe, and his wedding band got caught on the rack. His left ring finger was amputated.

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