# Amputations at Saris Cycling Group
> OSHA SIR `2016010765` · 1/26/2016 · FITCHBURG, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Bending, crimping machines
## Employer
- **Name:** Saris Cycling Group
- **Location:** 5253 Verona Road, FITCHBURG, WISCONSIN, 53711
- **NAICS:** 336991
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee placed a carbon steel tube into a hydraulic tube bender and was activating the bar clamps to hold the tube in place when the second clamp crushed and amputated three left-hand fingers.

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