# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Hunter Douglas Fabrication Company
> OSHA SIR `2024109396` · 10/8/2024 · APPLETON, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Machinery  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Hunter Douglas Fabrication Company
- **Location:** 5710 Technology Circle, APPLETON, WISCONSIN, 54914
- **NAICS:** 313240
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On October 8, 2024, an employee was removing fabric fuzz from a hold-down plate using tweezers when their right index finger was was caught in a pinch point. The employee was hospitalized and their right index fingertip was amputated below the fingernail.

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