# Amputations at Dupont Yerkes Site
> OSHA SIR `2016010745` · 1/26/2016 · BUFFALO, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Wrenches-power not determined
- **Secondary source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Dupont Yerkes Site
- **Location:** 3115 River Road, BUFFALO, NEW YORK, 14207
- **NAICS:** 326113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a wrench to loosen bolts when his right index finger was pinched between the wrench and a fixed pipe support, amputating soft tissue.

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