# Amputations at ALL AMERICAN POLY CORPORATION
> OSHA SIR `2017065576` · 6/18/2017 · PISCATAWAY, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Ladders-fixed
## Employer
- **Name:** ALL AMERICAN POLY CORPORATION
- **Location:** 40 TURNER PL, PISCATAWAY, NEW JERSEY, 08854
- **NAICS:** 326113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was descending a fixed caged ladder when he missed the top rung and began to fall. He grabbed onto a vertical member of the cage assembly to catch himself and caught his right pinky in a 1/2-inch gap between the upright and a toe board section. His right pinky fingertip was amputated.

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