# Amputations at Placon Corporation dba Ecostar
> OSHA SIR `2015129212` · 12/6/2015 · FITCHBURG, 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:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Placon Corporation dba Ecostar
- **Location:** 6124 McKee Road, FITCHBURG, WISCONSIN, 53719
- **NAICS:** 339999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While troubleshooting a jam on a crystallizer machine, an employee's left-hand middle and ring fingertips were amputated by the rotary airlock. The machine was not locked out at the time of the incident.

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