# Amputations at Ariens Company
> OSHA SIR `20181212456` · 12/4/2018 · BRILLION, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Threading and tapping machines
## Employer
- **Name:** Ariens Company
- **Location:** 1055 W Ryan Street, BRILLION, WISCONSIN, 54110
- **NAICS:** 333112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was adjusting a part on a threading machine when their finger was caught between a clamp and v-block on the machine. The employee sustained a partial amputation of the right middle fingertip.

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