# Amputations at Tyco Fire Protection Products
> OSHA SIR `20161211645` · 12/14/2016 · MARINETTE, 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:** Sealing, stapling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Tyco Fire Protection Products
- **Location:** 1 Stanton Street, MARINETTE, WISCONSIN, 54143
- **NAICS:** 339999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a cartridge seal machine when the machine jogged, pinching her finger between the seal transfer and seal cutting die. Her left index finger was amputated at the first knuckle. The machine was guarded at the time of the incident.

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