# Amputations at DuBois Chemicals, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020066054` · 6/29/2020 · CHILTON, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
## Employer
- **Name:** DuBois Chemicals, Inc.
- **Location:** 476 Clay St., CHILTON, WISCONSIN, 53014
- **NAICS:** 238320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were attempting to dislodge two steel carts that had become entangled when a cart shifted on its base, coming into contact with the injured employee's right pinky finger. As a result, the employee's right pinky fingertip was amputated.

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