# Amputations at Comar, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2020087413` · 8/5/2020 · BUENA, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Brooms, mops, and other cleaning tools
## Employer
- **Name:** Comar, LLC
- **Location:** 1 Comar Place, BUENA, NEW JERSEY, 08310
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was wiping grease off a machine with a paper towel. The towel got caught in the machine, pulling his hand in and partially amputating his right ring finger.

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