# Amputations at RB Royal Industries Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022032022` · 3/5/2022 · FOND DU LAC, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** RB Royal Industries Inc.
- **Location:** 1350 South Hickory St, FOND DU LAC, WISCONSIN, 54937
- **NAICS:** 332912
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On March 5, 2022, an employee attempted to reposition a sleeve that was on a tube part of an end forming machine when a clamping mechanism closed and caught their right index finger, 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*