# Amputations at Precision Handling
> OSHA SIR `2017021496` · 2/15/2017 · BERLIN, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper extremities, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Boring, routing, notching machines
## Employer
- **Name:** Precision Handling
- **Location:** 510 East Huron St., BERLIN, WISCONSIN, 54923
- **NAICS:** 321920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee's right arm was caught in a "notcher" machine and amputated above the wrist.

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