# Amputations at Gutchess Freedom, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023010603` · 1/19/2023 · FREEDOM, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Band saws
## Employer
- **Name:** Gutchess Freedom, LLC
- **Location:** 10699 Maple Grove Road, FREEDOM, NEW YORK, 14065
- **NAICS:** 321113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was placing a new sawblade onto a band saw. As the employee was assisting to spin the band wheel so the safe edge could be removed, their left middle finger was pinched between the sawblade and band wheel, resulting in amputation of the fingertip.

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