# Amputations at Liveo Research, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20231211758` · 12/30/2023 · DELAWARE CITY, DELAWARE
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Liveo Research, Inc.
- **Location:** 1389 School House Road, DELAWARE CITY, DELAWARE, 19706
- **NAICS:** 326112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was rotating a carbide granulator blade when his finger was caught between the blade and a stationary part of the machine. The employee's right middle finger was partially amputated and they suffered an avulsion to the right ring fingertip.

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