# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at NutraStar Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025065752` · 6/17/2025 · FARMINGDALE, NEW JERSEY
## 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:** Other special process machinery  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Doors, hatches  vehicle and machine cabin
## Employer
- **Name:** NutraStar Inc.
- **Location:** 700 Central Avenue, FARMINGDALE, NEW JERSEY, 07727
- **NAICS:** 325412
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing on a step stool, preparing an encapsulation machine to be cleaned by putting a piece of plastic over the top part of it. As he was tucking in the plastic with his right hand, the machine's front access door closed on his right index finger. The right fingertip was amputated under the nail.

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