# Amputations at Sellars Absorbent Materials, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017077110` · 7/29/2017 · MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Paper production machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Sellars Absorbent Materials, Inc.
- **Location:** 6540 North Industrial Road, MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, 53223
- **NAICS:** 322291
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While changing out a paper core on the DRC machine an employee's hand was caught in a running nip point resulting in an amputation on the right hand.

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