# Amputations at Thermo Fisher Scientific
> OSHA SIR `2017087610` · 8/9/2017 · ROCHESTER, 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-powered, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Thermo Fisher Scientific
- **Location:** 75 Panorama Creek Dr, ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, 14625
- **NAICS:** 334516
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was adjusting a loose wing nut on a conveyor system rail when the employee's left hand entered a gap between the conveyor and a transfer plate. As the employee pulled the hand out, the left index fingertip was amputated.

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