# Amputations at Power Packer
> OSHA SIR `2017024851` · 2/13/2017 · WESTFIELD, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Parts and materials, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Power Packer
- **Location:** 516 Hillcrest Dr., WESTFIELD, WISCONSIN, 53964
- **NAICS:** 336399
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was manufacturing metal cylinders. A cylinder slipped and fell 12 inches. As the employee tried to catch it, two fingertips on the left hand were amputated.

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