# Amputations at Tulip Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2015042316` · 4/23/2015 · MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Tulip Corporation
- **Location:** 714 E. Keefe Ave, MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, 53212
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee received an amputation while working on the Komatsu machine.  The employee placed his hand under a guard and the machine activated, causing the thread roller to come down on the employee's hand.

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