# Amputations at Research Products Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2021032283` · 3/16/2021 · MADISON, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Sealing, stapling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Research Products Corporation
- **Location:** 1011 E. Main Street, MADISON, WISCONSIN, 53703
- **NAICS:** 333413
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning a serrated cutting edge in a taping machine through a 3-inch by 3-inch opening. The cutting edge activated and caused an avulsion injury resulting in surgical amputation of their left thumb tip.

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