# Amputations at GREAT NORTHERN CORPORATION
> OSHA SIR `2019077793` · 7/30/2019 · CHIPPEWA FALLS, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Chisels-nonpowered
## Employer
- **Name:** GREAT NORTHERN CORPORATION
- **Location:** 421 PALMER ST, CHIPPEWA FALLS, WISCONSIN, 54729
- **NAICS:** 322211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On July 30, 2019, an employee was scraping varnish away from a blade with a chisel. The chisel slipped off the blade and the employee sustained a tissue amputation to the right index finger that required sutures.

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