# Amputations at PHILLIPS-MEDISIZE
> OSHA SIR `2016021544` · 2/21/2016 · MENOMONIE, 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:** Conveyors-belt
## Employer
- **Name:** PHILLIPS-MEDISIZE
- **Location:** 428 Technology Drive East, MENOMONIE, WISCONSIN, 54751
- **NAICS:** 339112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing some debris from a conveyor belt when another worker cycled the machine, causing the employee's right index finger to be crushed and partially amputated between two pallets.

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