# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Sterling Place
> OSHA SIR `2024064998` · 6/6/2024 · BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Document shredders
- **Secondary source:** Scissors, snips, shears
## Employer
- **Name:** Sterling Place
- **Location:** 3888 North Boulevard, BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA, 70806
- **NAICS:** 623110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a shredder when the shredder became stuck. The employee used a pair of scissors to unjam the machine. The machine then started back up and grabbed the scissors and pulled her right hand into the machine. The employee sustained an open fracture and partial amputation of the right middle finger with extensor tendon involvement. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

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