# Amputations at Upstate Door, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015020059` · 2/19/2015 · WARSAW, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Planing mills
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Upstate Door, Inc.
- **Location:** 26 Industrial Street, WARSAW, NEW YORK, 14569
- **NAICS:** 321911
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was wearing gloves while operating a jointer. The glove on his right hand got caught between the fence on the machine and a piece of wood. The employee pulled his hand back before the guard could close, resulting in the amputation of approximately two-thirds of the little finger on his right hand.

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