# Amputations at Pacon
> OSHA SIR `2020011037` · 1/31/2020 · APPLETON, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Conveyors-chain
## Employer
- **Name:** Pacon
- **Location:** 2525 N. Casaloma Dr., APPLETON, WISCONSIN, 54913
- **NAICS:** 322299
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing maintenance on a machine conveyor. He was physically checking the rotation of the sprocket and chain when his finger became caught in the chain and sprocket, resulting in a right index fingertip amputation.

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