# Amputations at WS Packaging Group Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20171110546` · 11/1/2017 · NEENAH, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Paper production machinery, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Paper production machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** WS Packaging Group Inc.
- **Location:** 950 Breezewood Lane, NEENAH, WISCONSIN, 54956
- **NAICS:** 322221
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The injured employee was manually pushing a sheeter machine with another employee and pinched a finger between the sheeter machine and a heat tunnel machine during a turn resulting in amputation of the left middle fingertip with nail bed repair.

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