# Amputations at Tulip Molded Plastics Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2016021138` · 2/5/2016 · MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Sealing, stapling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Tulip Molded Plastics Corporation
- **Location:** 714 East Keith Avve., MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, 53212
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee suffered the amputation of the left hand middle finger to the first knuckle while testing the U1 cell heat sealer.

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