# Amputations at Piramal Glass - USA, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017054310` · 5/11/2017 · PARK HILLS, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** Piramal Glass - USA, Inc.
- **Location:** 1000 Taylor Ave., PARK HILLS, MISSOURI, 63601
- **NAICS:** 327213
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was adjusting a lower deflector trough. As he pulled his hand away and across his body, his right index fingertip was pinched in a baffle. The force of the pinch amputated his fingertip. He was wearing gloves at the time of the incident.

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