# Amputations at CASCADE TISSUE GROUP WISCONSIN, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2016087636` · 8/15/2016 · EAU CLAIRE, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Hooks, shackles, magnets, clamshells
- **Secondary source:** Overhead hoists, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** CASCADE TISSUE GROUP WISCONSIN, INC.
- **Location:** 1200 FOREST ST., EAU CLAIRE, WISCONSIN, 54701
- **NAICS:** 322121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating an overhead hoist using "J" hooks when his left middle fingertip was pinched between a shaft and a "J" hook. He suffered a partial amputation of his left middle fingertip and a possible fracture of his left ring finger.

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