# Amputations at Arrowhead Conveyor Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2017065354` · 6/12/2017 · OSHKOSH, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Arrowhead Conveyor Corporation
- **Location:** 3255 Medalist Drive, OSHKOSH, WISCONSIN, 54902
- **NAICS:** 333922
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a hydraulic clamp to clamp a part into an automated saw machine when the hydraulic clamp moved horizontally and pinched/crushed the employee's left thumb between the clamp and some metal parts, amputating the tip.

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