# Amputations at MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS INC.
> OSHA SIR `2020109480` · 10/5/2020 · WATERFORD, NEW YORK
## 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 maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS INC.
- **Location:** 260 HUDSON RIVER ROAD, WATERFORD, NEW YORK, 12188
- **NAICS:** 334413
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While performing maintenance on a machine, an employee sustained a partial amputation to his thumb when his hand became entangled in the chain drive and sprocket.

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