# Amputations at Whitehall Specialites Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020054722` · 5/21/2020 · SLIPPERY ROCK, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Whitehall Specialites Inc.
- **Location:** 2850 Perry Highway, SLIPPERY ROCK, PENNSYLVANIA, 16057
- **NAICS:** 311513
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee suffered a partial amputation to his left middle finger when his hand entered the discharge chute of a hammer mill while it was operating.

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