# Amputations at Coextruded Plastic Technologies, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022021556` · 2/17/2022 · JANESVILLE, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Garage doors
## Employer
- **Name:** Coextruded Plastic Technologies, Inc.
- **Location:** 3706 Enterprise Drive, JANESVILLE, WISCONSIN, 53546
- **NAICS:** 326112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was assessing a nonfunctioning overhead garage door motor. When he touched the belt to check its tension, it activated and his hand was pulled between the belt and a pulley. The distal tip of the employee's right second digit was amputated at the base of the nailbed.

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