# Amputations at Johnson Newspaper Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2021076370` · 7/31/2021 · WATERTOWN, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Presses-printing
## Employer
- **Name:** Johnson Newspaper Corporation
- **Location:** 260 Washington Street, WATERTOWN, NEW YORK, 13601
- **NAICS:** 323111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was feeding paper into a folder mechanism on a press and adjusting the tension in preparation for the evening press run. The employee's left little finger got caught in the rollers. As the employee attempted to pull their left hand out, their right hand was caught in the roller resulting in an amputation injury.

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