# Amputations at Harris Machine Company
> OSHA SIR `2022098555` · 9/27/2022 · OAKES, NORTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and finger(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Drills-stationary
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Harris Machine Company
- **Location:** 1400 North 14th Street, OAKES, NORTH DAKOTA, 58474
- **NAICS:** 332710
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a drill press when its bit caught the employee's glove. The employee suffered amputations to the hand and fingers.

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