# Amputations at Showcase Kitchens, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015118758` · 11/19/2015 · GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **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:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Showcase Kitchens, Inc.
- **Location:** 3255 Yeager Drive, GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN, 54311
- **NAICS:** 337110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On November 19, 2015, an employee was using a hand held air blower to clean wood chips off a shaper table while the cutter head was running. The employee's hand made contact with the cutting head, amputating the right index finger and severely lacerating the right thumb.

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