# Amputations at POET Bioprocessing - Chancellor
> OSHA SIR `2023021263` · 2/8/2023 · CHANCELLOR, SOUTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Bending, crimping machines
## Employer
- **Name:** POET Bioprocessing - Chancellor
- **Location:** 27716 462nd Avenue, CHANCELLOR, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57015
- **NAICS:** 324110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a manual metal brake when his hand was caught on the handle, causing his hand/finger to become pinched near the brake shear. The employee sustained an amputation of the right ring fingertip.

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