# Amputations at Specialty Silicone Products, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021109369` · 10/31/2021 · BALLSTON SPA, 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 maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Brooms, mops, and other cleaning tools
## Employer
- **Name:** Specialty Silicone Products, Inc.
- **Location:** 3 McCrea Hill Road, BALLSTON SPA, NEW YORK, 12020
- **NAICS:** 325998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning a 50-inch mill with a rag. The rag got caught in a pinch point, and the employee's fingers were pulled into the mill. The employee's index, middle, and ring fingers were amputated.

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