# Amputations at Rochester Shoe Tree Co., Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019077340` · 7/18/2019 · ASHLAND, NEW HAMPSHIRE
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Boring, routing, notching machines
## Employer
- **Name:** Rochester Shoe Tree Co., Inc.
- **Location:** 1 CEDAR LANE, ASHLAND, NEW HAMPSHIRE, 03217
- **NAICS:** 321999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working with a router, rounding the corners of boards. The employee's push stick got hung up. As he attempted to free it, his finger was caught in the router blade and the right middle fingertip was amputated from mid-nail.

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