# Amputations at Iron Mountain Secure Shredding
> OSHA SIR `2023098698` · 9/20/2023 · JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Shredders
- **Secondary source:** Brooms, mops, and other cleaning tools
## Employer
- **Name:** Iron Mountain Secure Shredding
- **Location:** 100 Industrial Drive, JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY, 07305
- **NAICS:** 561990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a metal cleaning rod to clear a jam in a paper shredder. The shredder began to shred paper and the equipment grabbed the rod, pulling the rod and the employee's right index finger into the hole. The employee suffered a fingertip amputation.

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