# Amputations at The Ames Companies, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017065733` · 6/22/2017 · PINE VALLEY, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Conveyors-chain
## Employer
- **Name:** The Ames Companies, Inc.
- **Location:** 114 Smith Road, PINE VALLEY, NEW YORK, 14872
- **NAICS:** 321999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was troubleshooting a conveyor system problem when the jump chain transfer amputated the employee's left pinky fingertip.

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