# Amputations at Reindl Bindery Co., Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022109388` · 10/26/2022 · GERMANTOWN, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Stacking machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Reindl Bindery Co., Inc.
- **Location:** W194 N11381 McCormick Drive, GERMANTOWN, WISCONSIN, 53022
- **NAICS:** 323121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping on the end of a book-making line. He was retrieving a stuck book from a book stacker. Components in the stacker amputated his middle finger at the knuckle. He was hospitalized.

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