# Amputations at Chemaid Laboratories Inc
> OSHA SIR `2023098542` · 9/15/2023 · SADDLE BROOK, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Bending, crimping machines
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Chemaid Laboratories Inc
- **Location:** 100 Mayhill Street, SADDLE BROOK, NEW JERSEY, 07663
- **NAICS:** 325620
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning the heads of a crimper with a paper towel when the machine caught the paper towel and her right glove. The middle and ring fingers were amputated.

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