# Amputations at Mohawk Sign Systems, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022098200` · 9/16/2022 · AMSTERDAM, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Boring, drilling, planing, milling machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Mohawk Sign Systems, Inc.
- **Location:** 5 Deandreano Drive, AMSTERDAM, NEW YORK, 12010
- **NAICS:** 339950
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was running a piece of acrylic in a jointer machine. The guard was knocked off the machine and the employee's left little finger contacted the rotating cutting head. He sustained a partial amputation.

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