# Amputations at Quad/Graphics, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017088150` · 8/24/2017 · LOMIRA, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Stacking machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Quad/Graphics, Inc.
- **Location:** N11896 Hwy 175, LOMIRA, WISCONSIN, 53048
- **NAICS:** 323110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working at a stacker machine, building a log that was held up by a log sword, when the log sword fell behind the stacker. As he was attempting to retrieve the log sword, the log dropped, crushing his hand under the sword plate and amputating his thumb.

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