# Amputations at Alliance Plastic Corp.
> OSHA SIR `2017065505` · 6/15/2017 · CHIPPEWA FALLS, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Extruding machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Alliance Plastic Corp.
- **Location:** 11265 Hwy 124 N., CHIPPEWA FALLS, WISCONSIN, 54729
- **NAICS:** 326121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On June 15, 2017, at approximately 12:00 p.m., a temporary employee suffered a partial left index fingertip amputation while clearing a jammed part on the cutter section of an extrusion line.

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