# Amputations at Clean Earth of North Jersey
> OSHA SIR `2023099043` · 9/30/2023 · KEARNY, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **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:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Clean Earth of North Jersey
- **Location:** 115 Jacobus Ave., KEARNY, NEW JERSEY, 07032
- **NAICS:** 562112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was clearing a cement dust blockage from a wheel auger that is 4 inches in diameter when they sustained right ring and middle finger amputations at the nailbed.

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