# Amputations at Colony Brands, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021043106` · 4/14/2021 · MONROE, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Packaging, bottling, wrapping machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Colony Brands, Inc.
- **Location:** 1401 9th Ave, MONROE, WISCONSIN, 53566
- **NAICS:** 454113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was taping boxes with a manual taper. The employee reached into the taping mechanism to pull a piece of tape off the machine. The taping mechanism cycled, causing the tape blade to lacerate and partially amputate the tip of the employee's right index finger and fingernail.

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