# Amputations at Emerson Electric Company
> OSHA SIR `2020066039` · 6/29/2020 · CUDAHY, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Sealing, stapling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Emerson Electric Company
- **Location:** 5555 S Packard Ave, CUDAHY, WISCONSIN, 53110
- **NAICS:** 335999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was building a box to hold an order for shipping. The employee stapled the first half of the box and spun the box around to staple the other half, but the flap of the box got caught on the platform of the stapler. The employee was freeing the flap when the stapler activated and amputated his left middle fingertip.

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