# Amputations at Sellars Absorbent Materials, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20161211784` · 12/19/2016 · MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Paper production machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Sellars Absorbent Materials, Inc.
- **Location:** 6540 North Industrial Road, MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, 53223
- **NAICS:** 322291
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was feeding paper through various rollers on a paper converting machine when his left index fingertip was caught and amputated in an ingoing roller nip.

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