# Amputations at ATHOL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
> OSHA SIR `20161010078` · 10/26/2016 · ATHOL, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** ATHOL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
- **Location:** 2033 MAIN STREET, ATHOL, MASSACHUSETTS, 01331
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning the food composter discharge chute while it was running and amputated two fingertips and damaged a third.

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