# Amputations at Hollingsworth and Vose Company
> OSHA SIR `2020054171` · 5/5/2020 · GREENWICH, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Paper production machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Hollingsworth and Vose Company
- **Location:** 3235 County Route 113, GREENWICH, NEW YORK, 12834
- **NAICS:** 322222
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing preventative maintenance on a paper machine's hood exhaust fan. The employee was trying to remove a belt when their right middle and ring fingers were pinched and lacerated between the exhaust fan belt and sheave. The employee sustained an amputation to the fourth finger on the right hand.

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