# Amputations at BASF Color and Effects
> OSHA SIR `2016087101` · 8/2/2016 · PEEKSKILL, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Other special process machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** BASF Color and Effects
- **Location:** 1057 Lower South St., PEEKSKILL, NEW YORK, 10566
- **NAICS:** 325510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was investigating a blockage in the hopper system. While closing the hopper's dryer door, the employee suffered amputations to the left-hand ring, middle, and index fingertips.

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