# Amputations involving bone loss at BASF Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2025066300` · 6/30/2025 · FLORHAM PARK, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Machinery  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Valves, nozzles
## Employer
- **Name:** BASF Corporation
- **Location:** 100 Park Avenue, FLORHAM PARK, NEW JERSEY, 07932
- **NAICS:** 325199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was troubleshooting a plug in the super-absorbent polymer line. The employee opened an inspection port and their right hand was caught in a rotary valve, resulting in the amputation of four fingers between the knuckle and the first joint.

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