# Amputations at Instant Brands, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023065789` · 6/29/2023 · CORNING, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Instant Brands, LLC
- **Location:** 1 Steuben Street, CORNING, NEW YORK, 14830
- **NAICS:** 327212
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was adjusting the vacuum control valve on the right side of an A-frame arm when their finger was caught between the vent blow pipe and the control valve. The employee's right middle finger was partially amputated.

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