# Amputations at Paper Converting Machine Company
> OSHA SIR `2016054093` · 5/12/2016 · GREEN BAY, 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 regular operation
- **Source:** Drills-stationary
## Employer
- **Name:** Paper Converting Machine Company
- **Location:** 2300 S. Ashland Ave., GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN, 54304
- **NAICS:** 333243
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On May 12, 2016, an employee was operating a drill press to perform a polishing operation when his hand became caught between drill press and the part he was polishing, amputating his middle and ring fingers. He was wearing cut-resistant gloves 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*