# Amputations at ASR Group
> OSHA SIR `20161211256` · 12/2/2016 · YONKERS, 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:** Valves, nozzles
## Employer
- **Name:** ASR Group
- **Location:** 1 Federal Street, YONKERS, NEW YORK, 10705
- **NAICS:** 311314
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was checking the sensor of a valve. As he was closing the lid, he lost control of it. When he attempted to grab the lid so it did not slam, it crushed and partially amputated his right third fingernail.

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