# Amputations at Sellars Absorbent Material
> OSHA SIR `2017076132` · 7/4/2017 · MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Paper production machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Sellars Absorbent Material
- **Location:** 6540 N. Industrial Road, MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, 53223
- **NAICS:** 322291
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning the paper roller with an abrasive pad and caught two fingers on the right hand in a nip point between two rollers resulting in amputation of the fingers.

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