# Amputations at Athea Laboratories and Packaging
> OSHA SIR `2019055016` · 5/17/2019 · MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Athea Laboratories and Packaging
- **Location:** 1900 W. Cornell Street, MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, 53209
- **NAICS:** 424910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was troubleshooting a noise that was coming from a machine. The machine started and the employee's left index finger was caught in the chain and sprocket resulting in amputation of the fingertip.

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