# Amputations at Swanson Wiper Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2015107726` · 10/16/2015 · OSHKOSH, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Swanson Wiper Corporation
- **Location:** 645 Leeward Court West, OSHKOSH, WISCONSIN, 54901
- **NAICS:** 333243
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The employee was trying to clear a paper jam in the machine and caught his finger in the chain and sprocket resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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