# Amputations at Premier Products of Racine, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016076613` · 7/21/2016 · RACINE, 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:** Punch presses
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Premier Products of Racine, Inc.
- **Location:** 1220 Mound Avenue, RACINE, WISCONSIN, 53404
- **NAICS:** 332710
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning the material feeder into a mechanical punch press. The employee's glove got caught in a gear of the feeding machine. The finger was pulled into the gear crushing it. This resulted in the amputation of the right  index finger at the first joint

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