# Amputations at Rockwell Automation, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023054491` · 5/19/2023 · EAST SETAUKET, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Hooks, shackles, magnets, clamshells
- **Secondary source:** Hooks, shackles, magnets, clamshells
## Employer
- **Name:** Rockwell Automation, Inc.
- **Location:** 41 Research Way, EAST SETAUKET, NEW YORK, 11733
- **NAICS:** 335314
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was building a magnet channel assembly. The employee's right middle fingertip was caught between two magnet plates, causing the amputation of about 1/4 inch of the fingertip.

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