# Amputations at Portage Plastics Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2015107788` · 10/19/2015 · PORTAGE, 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 maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Grinders, abraders
## Employer
- **Name:** Portage Plastics Corporation
- **Location:** 3000 Boeck Road, PORTAGE, WISCONSIN, 53901
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was clearing a jam in a plastic grinder while the machine was running and three fingers were amputated.  The machine was not locked out.

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