# Amputations at Russell Nesbitt Services, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20171112305` · 11/22/2017 · WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Shredders
## Employer
- **Name:** Russell Nesbitt Services, Inc.
- **Location:** 2600 Main Street, WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA, 26003
- **NAICS:** 621610
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On November 22, 2017, an employee's right hand was pulled into the gears of a commercial paper shredder. The employee's hand had to be surgically amputated.

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