# Amputations at Aprilaire
> OSHA SIR `2016042939` · 4/7/2016 · MADISON, 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:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Aprilaire
- **Location:** 1015 East Main Street, MADISON, WISCONSIN, 53703
- **NAICS:** 333411
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A maintenance employee attempting to repair a machine's gate asked a coworker to trip the mechanism to start the machine. The coworker accidentally started the machine a second time, amputating the employee's right-hand middle and ring fingers between the platen and gate.

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