# Amputations at Wahl Clipper Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2023010704` · 1/23/2023 · STERLING, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Presses, except printing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Wahl Clipper Corporation
- **Location:** 2900 N. Locust Street, STERLING, ILLINOIS, 61081
- **NAICS:** 335210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a horizontal press. As the employee reached for their work badge, the press cycled onto their little finger and amputated a quarter-inch of the tip.

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