# Amputations at Big Sky Publishing, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017054307` · 5/11/2017 · BOZEMAN, MONTANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Presses-printing
- **Secondary source:** Textiles, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Big Sky Publishing, LLC
- **Location:** 2820 West College Street, BOZEMAN, MONTANA, 59718
- **NAICS:** 511110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a towel to clean water drops off a press ink ball when the loose end of the towel was drawn into the press. The employee's finger was also drawn in and amputated.

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