# Amputations at Church and Dwight
> OSHA SIR `20191010870` · 10/17/2019 · LAKEWOOD, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Bottling, canning, filling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Church and Dwight
- **Location:** 800 Airport Road, LAKEWOOD, NEW JERSEY, 08701
- **NAICS:** 339999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was straightening the foot pad of a filler machine when the machine shifted and crushed the employee's left middle finger, resulting in a partial amputation.

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