# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Duesmann & Hensel Recycling North America Inc
> OSHA SIR `2024032681` · 3/26/2024 · WEST BERLIN, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thumb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Shearing machinery
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Duesmann & Hensel Recycling North America Inc
- **Location:** 1003 Industrial Dr, WEST BERLIN, NEW JERSEY, 08091
- **NAICS:** 423930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was guiding material through a shearing machine when their thumb came into contact with the machine, resulting in a partial amputation.

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