# Amputations at Nordson Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2020054674` · 5/20/2020 · DULUTH, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **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:** Grinders, abraders
- **Secondary source:** Brooms, mops, and other cleaning tools
## Employer
- **Name:** Nordson Corporation
- **Location:** 11475 Lakefield Dr, DULUTH, GEORGIA, 30097
- **NAICS:** 333911
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning the dressing wheel on a grinder. The rag he was using fell between the wheels and pulled his left hand into the wheel. The finger was cut down to the first joint.

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