# Amputations at Nassau Candy Distributor
> OSHA SIR `2016076793` · 7/26/2016 · HICKSVILLE, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Nassau Candy Distributor
- **Location:** 520 West John Street, HICKSVILLE, NEW YORK, 11801
- **NAICS:** 311320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The employee was emptying chocolate from a melting tank and got his right hand caught between the agitator and the wall of the tank amputating his right ring fingertip.

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