# Amputations at Homasote Company
> OSHA SIR `2023043626` · 4/23/2023 · WEST TRENTON, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Conveyors-powered, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Homasote Company
- **Location:** 932 Lower Ferry Road, WEST TRENTON, NEW JERSEY, 08628
- **NAICS:** 322130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was clearing a jam from a conveyor table. A chain and sprocket in the machine caused the amputation of the employee's left middle fingertip.

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