# Amputations at New Enterprise Stone & Lime Co., Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023043641` · 4/24/2023 · WILLIAMSVILLE, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** New Enterprise Stone & Lime Co., Inc.
- **Location:** Wehrle Blacktop Plant, WILLIAMSVILLE, NEW YORK, 14221
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a hammer and chisel to remove a key stock that was fitted/attached between a keyway of a mixer shaft and a mixer gearbox keyway. When the key stock was removed, the mixer shaft spun free and the employee's left hand was caught between the keyways. His left middle fingertip was amputated.

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