# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Vulcraft of New York, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024109445` · 10/10/2024 · CHEMUNG, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **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:** Beams and rails  metal
- **Secondary source:** Strapping, bands
## Employer
- **Name:** Vulcraft of New York, Inc.
- **Location:** 621 Main Street, CHEMUNG, NEW YORK, 14825
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was banding six pieces of 1.5-inch-thick, 20-foot-long angle iron. The employee's left middle finger was caught between the angle iron and the banding, causing the fingertip to be amputated.

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