# Amputations at United States Gypsum Co/
> OSHA SIR `2016054087` · 5/12/2016 · OAKFIELD, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Formers-paper production
## Employer
- **Name:** United States Gypsum Co/
- **Location:** 2750 Maple Avenue, OAKFIELD, NEW YORK, 14125
- **NAICS:** 327420
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning a paper machine former with a wash-down hose when his ring and middle fingers were amputated.

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