# Amputations at Scotts Hyponex
> OSHA SIR `2020066096` · 6/30/2020 · GERMANTOWN, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Heating, cooling, and cleaning machinery and appliances, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Scotts Hyponex
- **Location:** W124 N9899 Wasaukee Rd., GERMANTOWN, WISCONSIN, 53022
- **NAICS:** 325311
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was clearing an apparent jam from a dust collector machine. A rotary valve on the bottom of the dust collector amputated the first joint of the employee's right thumb.

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