# Amputations at Flexovit USA Inc
> OSHA SIR `2023054791` · 5/31/2023 · ANGOLA, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Flexovit USA Inc
- **Location:** 1301 Eden Evan Center Road, ANGOLA, NEW YORK, 14006
- **NAICS:** 339999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was repositioning a part on a cloth robot machine. When the part was moved into position, the machine cycled and the employee's finger was caught in a pinch point, the gripper of the press, causing a fingertip amputation.

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