# Amputations at Techniplas, LLC.
> OSHA SIR `2017076695` · 7/19/2017 · NASHOTAH, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Plastic injection molding machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Techniplas, LLC.
- **Location:** N44 W33341 Watertown Plank Road, NASHOTAH, WISCONSIN, 53058
- **NAICS:** 326121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing an injection unit platform off a press bed when the unit slipped off. His index finger was pinched between the unit and the platform, resulting in a partial fingertip amputation.

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