# Amputations at Generac Power Systems, inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016087860` · 8/22/2016 · WAUKESHA, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Reels, rolls, spools, coils, cones
- **Secondary source:** Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Generac Power Systems, inc.
- **Location:** W292S4305 Hillside Rd, WAUKESHA, WISCONSIN, 53189
- **NAICS:** 335312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing a roll on a packaging machine when a roll of paper became hung up on a frame. The employee attempted to free it by pushing on the roll. When it came free, the employee's right index finger was caught between the frame and the roll of paper, amputating it at the first digit just behind the nail.

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