# Amputations at GUTCHESS LUMBER COMPANY, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2019054413` · 5/1/2019 · CORTLAND, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper arm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Logging and wood processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** GUTCHESS LUMBER COMPANY, INC.
- **Location:** 890 MCLEAN ROAD, CORTLAND, NEW YORK, 13045
- **NAICS:** 321113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on the wood waste belt when their arm was caught in the power transmission drive. The arm was amputated at the bicep area.

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