# Amputations at Charter NEX Film
> OSHA SIR `2019033142` · 3/26/2019 · DELAWARE, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Charter NEX Film
- **Location:** 1188 S. Houk, DELAWARE, OHIO, 43015
- **NAICS:** 326112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping to change over a material hopper that used compressed air. The employee's left index finger was caught in the gate as it closed resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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