# Amputations at Usinger's
> OSHA SIR `2020087572` · 8/10/2020 · MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Special process machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Usinger's
- **Location:** 303 E. Florida St., MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, 53204
- **NAICS:** 311612
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing the film on a machine when the employee's left middle and index fingers were pinched between the heating plate and die box, resulting in fingertip amputations.

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