# Amputations at Material Recovery Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017088286` · 8/29/2017 · 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:** Grinders, abraders
## Employer
- **Name:** Material Recovery Inc.
- **Location:** 8100 W. Florist Ave., MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, 53218
- **NAICS:** 562920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working to clear a jam on the grinding machine by manually removing plastic from the chamber of the grinding machine. The rotor of the grinding machine amputated the right middle and ring fingers.

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