# Amputations at Millwood, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020087673` · 8/13/2020 · WATERFORD, 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 regular operation
- **Source:** Material and personnel handling machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Millwood, Inc.
- **Location:** 430 Hudson River Road, WATERFORD, NEW YORK, 12188
- **NAICS:** 321920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was sorting pallets at a pallet sorting machine. The machine's cushion arm returned to the "up" position, and the employee's left middle finger was caught between the cushion arm and a roller. The finger was partially amputated.

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