# Amputations at World Wide Box & Packaging Corp.
> OSHA SIR `2015031627` · 3/31/2015 · RACINE, WISCONSIN
## 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:** Conveyors-powered, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Wood, lumber, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** World Wide Box & Packaging Corp.
- **Location:** 6422 Highway 31, RACINE, WISCONSIN, 53402
- **NAICS:** 321920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was manipulating a piece of wood on a conveyor when his finger became caught between the conveyor and the piece of wood, causing a partial finger amputation.

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