# Amputations at POTSDAM SPECIALTY PAPER, INC
> OSHA SIR `2019065781` · 6/7/2019 · POTSDAM, NEW YORK
## 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 regular operation
- **Source:** Paper production machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** POTSDAM SPECIALTY PAPER, INC
- **Location:** 547A SISSONVILLE ROAD, POTSDAM, NEW YORK, 13676
- **NAICS:** 322121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was threading a machine when his right arm was caught in a nip point between the drum reel and the spool. He suffered a crushing injury to the forearm and amputation of the ring and pinky fingers on the right hand.

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