# Amputations at Stewart's Shops
> OSHA SIR `20191212912` · 12/16/2019 · SARATOGA SPRINGS, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Stewart's Shops
- **Location:** 461 Church St., SARATOGA SPRINGS, NEW YORK, 12866
- **NAICS:** 311520
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to grab a bottle that was jammed in the trip chute of a blow molding machine when the trimmer block cycled and amputated approximately one-half of his left index finger.

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