# Amputations at CONTRACT PHARMACAL CORPORATION
> OSHA SIR `2023087069` · 8/4/2023 · HAUPPAUGE, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** CONTRACT PHARMACAL CORPORATION
- **Location:** 150 COMMERCE DRIVE, HAUPPAUGE, NEW YORK, 11788
- **NAICS:** 325412
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was running a pharmaceutical encapsulation machine. He went to push powder further down into the hopper and the machine's auger struck a fingertip on his right hand, resulting in amputation.

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