# Amputations at Blaschko Enterprises
> OSHA SIR `2016076479` · 7/18/2016 · ARCADIA, 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 regular operation
- **Source:** Paper production machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Blaschko Enterprises
- **Location:** 625 Detloff, ARCADIA, WISCONSIN, 54612
- **NAICS:** 424120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On July 14, 2016, at approximately 9:45 a.m., a cutter operator placed paper in a skid to be cut. When the skid moved, the employee's left pinky finger became caught between the cutter and the lift. The employee's left pinky finger was surgically amputated the following day.

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