# Amputations at Memorial Sloan Kettering
> OSHA SIR `2023032395` · 3/16/2023 · NEW YORK, 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:** Threading and tapping machines
## Employer
- **Name:** Memorial Sloan Kettering
- **Location:** 1275 York Ave., NEW YORK, NEW YORK, 10065
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was repairing a small leak in a chilled water line using a threading machine to remove a fitting from a piece of pipe. As the employee adjusted the wrench, the machine activated. The employee's right index fingertip was caught between the wrench and a support bar and amputated.

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