# Amputations at Jamestown Macadam, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015107989` · 10/26/2015 · JAMESTOWN, NEW YORK
## 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 regular operation
- **Source:** Compactors, crushers, pulverizers-earth, mineral
## Employer
- **Name:** Jamestown Macadam, Inc.
- **Location:** 74 Walden Ave, JAMESTOWN, NEW YORK, 14701
- **NAICS:** 327320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee tried to remove stones and dirt from the crusher machine. The rotor had not stopped turning. His glove got caught in the machine resulting in the amputation of the index finger.

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