# Amputations at Dixon Ticonderoga Company
> OSHA SIR `2022021760` · 2/24/2022 · NEENAH, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Bindery machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Dixon Ticonderoga Company
- **Location:** 1097 Ehlers Road, NEENAH, WISCONSIN, 54956
- **NAICS:** 322230
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On February 24, 2022, an employee was trying to remove a jam on a machine that was in front of a trim blower's fan intake. The employee's right hand contacted the blower fan blade. The employee suffered an injury to the middle finger that necessitated a medical revision amputation.

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