# Amputations at Frazer & Jones Company A Division of the Eastern Company
> OSHA SIR `2019055391` · 5/29/2019 · SYRACUSE, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Grinders, abraders
## Employer
- **Name:** Frazer & Jones Company A Division of the Eastern Company
- **Location:** 3000 Milton Ave., SYRACUSE, NEW YORK, 13209
- **NAICS:** 331511
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a grinder to sharpen a pick axe when his finger struck the rotating grinder wheel, resulting in a partial finger amputation.

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