# Amputations at H.G. Weber and Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021065276` · 6/29/2021 · KIEL, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** H.G. Weber and Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 725 Fremont St., KIEL, WISCONSIN, 53042
- **NAICS:** 333993
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On June 28, 2021, at approximately 1:00 PM, an employee was adjusting the timing and speed of the bundler and transport modules on a paper bag manufacturing machine. A stack of 25 paper bags became misaligned as it went onto the transport module. The employee was adjusting the stack when his right thumb was caught in the point of operation between the bundler and transport modules resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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