# Amputations at Madison Newspapers, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023065060` · 6/8/2023 · MADISON, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Packaging, bottling, wrapping machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Madison Newspapers, Inc.
- **Location:** 1901 Fish Hatchery Rd, MADISON, WISCONSIN, 53713
- **NAICS:** 511110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working at an inserting machine that places inserts into newspapers. The employee was correcting a jam by removing material from the gripper when the machine restarted. The employee suffered an amputation of their left index fingertip.

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