# Amputations at Wisconsin Veneer & Plywood, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019055480` · 5/31/2019 · MATTOON, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Wisconsin Veneer & Plywood, Inc.
- **Location:** 610 Railroad Street, MATTOON, WISCONSIN, 54450
- **NAICS:** 321211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was catching veneer material off a moving table. When the table moved upwards and then down, the employee's pinky fingertip was caught under the tabletop, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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