# Amputations at Teel Plastics, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2020098788` · 9/16/2020 · BARABOO, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Teel Plastics, LLC
- **Location:** 426 HITCHCOCK STREET, BARABOO, WISCONSIN, 53913
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On September 16, 2020, an employee was clearing the bottom tape that had become wrapped around the crusher belt on the bag line. The machine was activated and the employee's left middle finger was caught in the crusher belt resulting in surgical amputation of the fingertip.

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