# Amputations at Bemis
> OSHA SIR `2017021742` · 2/23/2017 · NEENAH, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Bemis
- **Location:** 1815 Marathon Avenue, NEENAH, WISCONSIN, 54957
- **NAICS:** 326112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pressing an air valve on a shaft to let air out. When the air was released, the roll moved on the shaft and the employee's right index fingertip was caught and amputated between the indentation on the shaft and roll core.

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