# Amputations at Cornell University
> OSHA SIR `2023109584` · 10/17/2023 · ITHACA, NEW YORK
## 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, unspecified
- **Source:** Garbage disposals
## Employer
- **Name:** Cornell University
- **Location:** Toni Morrison Hall, ITHACA, NEW YORK, 14850
- **NAICS:** 611310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was retrieving a piece of dishware from a sink to prevent it from going in the garbage disposal when four fingers on their right hand got caught in the disposal and were amputated.

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