# Amputations at Northern Engraving Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2021021643` · 2/23/2021 · WEST SALEM, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Punch presses
## Employer
- **Name:** Northern Engraving Corporation
- **Location:** 600 Brickl Road, WEST SALEM, WISCONSIN, 54669
- **NAICS:** 332999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a piece of scrap from a punch press's shuttle system. The shuttle moved and amputated the pad of the employee's thumb.

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