# Amputations at Ruby Lake Glass, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2020087421` · 8/6/2020 · UTICA, NEW YORK
## 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:** Washers, dryers, and cleaning machinery and appliances, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Ruby Lake Glass, LLC
- **Location:** 400 Water Street, UTICA, NEW YORK, 13502
- **NAICS:** 444220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was clearing a clog in a dust collector. The rotary drive paddles caused a partial amputation of the employee's left index and middle fingers.

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