# Amputations at DuBois Chemicals, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20181112088` · 11/26/2018 · CHILTON, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Boxes, crates, cartons
## Employer
- **Name:** DuBois Chemicals, Inc.
- **Location:** 376 Clay St, CHILTON, WISCONSIN, 53014
- **NAICS:** 325199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was emptying ashes from a dump box when his left ring finger was caught between the handle and the ash box, resulting in a partial fingertip amputation.

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