# Amputations at Intertape Polymer Group
> OSHA SIR `2020065890` · 6/24/2020 · MENASHA, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Presses-printing
- **Secondary source:** Brooms, mops, and other cleaning tools
## Employer
- **Name:** Intertape Polymer Group
- **Location:** 741 4th St, MENASHA, WISCONSIN, 54952
- **NAICS:** 322222
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a rag to clean ink blots from the rollers of a flexo press. The rag became caught in the rollers and pulled the employee's left hand into the machine's rollers. The employee sustained amputation of the left index and middle fingertips.

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