# Amputations involving bone loss at Novolex Shields, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024076931` · 7/31/2024 · SHAWANO, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Cleaning machinery, appliances  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Novolex Shields, LLC
- **Location:** 3100 East Richmond Street, SHAWANO, WISCONSIN, 54166
- **NAICS:** 326112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A maintenance employee was working on a dust collector at the chute when the equipment cycled and his right-hand fingers were caught by the paddlewheel. The employee's index and middle fingers were amputated at the first knuckle and the ring and little fingers were amputated at the second knuckle.

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