# Amputations at GLENROY, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2017010127` · 1/5/2017 · MENOMONEE FALLS, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Extruding machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** GLENROY, INC.
- **Location:** W158 N9332 Nor-X-Way Avenue, MENOMONEE FALLS, WISCONSIN, 53051
- **NAICS:** 326113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using compressed air to blow out an extrusion unit before completing a resin change over when the mechanical hopper gate closed, pinching and amputating the employee's right index, middle, and ring fingertips.

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