# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations, n.e.c. at Yazoo Mills, Incorporated
> OSHA SIR `20211210368` · 12/2/2021 · NEW OXFORD, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and arm(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations, n.e.c.
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Sanders-nonpowered
## Employer
- **Name:** Yazoo Mills, Incorporated
- **Location:** 305 Commerce Street, NEW OXFORD, PENNSYLVANIA, 17350
- **NAICS:** 322214
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using sandpaper to sand a mandrel on a re-cutter. The sandpaper snagged on the mandrel and pulled the employee's gloved right hand into the machine. The hand was amputated and the skin was torn off up to the elbow.

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