# Amputations at Placon Corporation
> OSHA SIR `20171111330` · 11/29/2017 · MADISON, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Placon Corporation
- **Location:** 6096 McKee Road, MADISON, WISCONSIN, 53719
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing a motor and gearbox on a thermoforming machine. During the process, the shaft stayed up in the platen. While he was positioning the motor using his hands, the shaft released, causing the table to go to the lowest position and the arms to raise up. This created a scissor-like motion, which amputated the employee's right ring fingertip.

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