# Amputations at Aspen Aerogels, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2015085741` · 8/13/2015 · EAST PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Valves, nozzles
## Employer
- **Name:** Aspen Aerogels, Inc
- **Location:** 3 Dexter Road, EAST PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, 02914
- **NAICS:** 325998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While conducting a routine valve cleaning operation, the employee inserted his finger into the valve body then activated the valve causing the ball valve to sever the tip of his finger.

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