# Amputations at Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
> OSHA SIR `2023031913` · 3/1/2023 · NEW YORK, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Garbage disposals
## Employer
- **Name:** Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
- **Location:** 511 West 114th Street, NEW YORK, NEW YORK, 10024
- **NAICS:** 611310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was retrieving a utensil that was going into the garbage disposal while cleaning dishes and sustained a partial amputation to two fingers on their right hand.

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