# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Steris Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2025066217` · 6/27/2025 · NORTH BERGEN, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object dropped by person
- **Source:** Steaming equipment and appliances except fabric presses
- **Secondary source:** Workers engaging in team lift
## Employer
- **Name:** Steris Corporation
- **Location:** 7600 RIVER RD, NORTH BERGEN, NEW JERSEY, 07047
- **NAICS:** 339113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A STERIS installer had uncrated a drying cabinet and was working with a STERIS installation specialist to tilt the cabinet up. As the unit was being tilted up, it slid forward, causing both employees to lose balance. The drying cabinet fell on the installer s right middle finger, resulting in an open fracture and amputation of the distal fingertip.

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