# Amputations at Holimont Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20191111825` · 11/13/2019 · ELLICOTTVILLE, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Ski lifts, gondola rides
## Employer
- **Name:** Holimont Inc.
- **Location:** 6921 Route 242, ELLICOTTVILLE, NEW YORK, 14731
- **NAICS:** 713920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was sanding the pulleys on a ski lift when the employee's hand was pinched between a pulley and the drive belt, amputating the right hand. The employee's head also struck the upper pulley, causing head lacerations and the loss of teeth.

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