# Amputations at Nelson Global Products, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016076522` · 7/19/2016 · BLACK RIVER FALLS, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Bending, crimping machines
## Employer
- **Name:** Nelson Global Products, Inc.
- **Location:** 915 Red Iron Road, BLACK RIVER FALLS, WISCONSIN, 54615
- **NAICS:** 336390
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On July 19, 2016, at approximately 7:10 p.m., an employee was loading a tube in the tube bender when a clamp closed on the employee's right fourth and fifth fingers. A portion of the fourth finger was surgically removed the following day.

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