# Amputations at Placon Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2020076246` · 7/4/2020 · MADISON, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Handtools-power not determined, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
## Employer
- **Name:** Placon Corporation
- **Location:** 6096 McKee Road, MADISON, WISCONSIN, 53719
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee's right ring finger was pinched between a cart and a form tool. The employee suffered a soft tissue amputation to the fingertip.

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