# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Givaudan Flavors Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2024053832` · 5/2/2024 · EAST HANOVER, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
- **Source:** Valves, nozzles
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Givaudan Flavors Corporation
- **Location:** 245 MERRY LANE, EAST HANOVER, NEW JERSEY, 07936
- **NAICS:** 311930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a valve replacement when their left middle finger became caught in the butterfly flapper of the valve, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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