# Amputations at Mitographers, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022032407` · 3/16/2022 · SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Presses-printing
- **Secondary source:** Brooms, mops, and other cleaning tools
## Employer
- **Name:** Mitographers, Inc.
- **Location:** 4720 Fourth Avenue North, SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57104
- **NAICS:** 323113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was oiling a chain on a press machine. The employee noticed an oil drip and reached over with a rag to wipe up the oil. The chain caught the rag and pulled in the employee's hand, causing a degloving and fracture to one of the employee's fingertips. The fingertip was medically amputated.

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