# Amputations at Helwig Carbon Products
> OSHA SIR `2017010855` · 1/27/2017 · MILWAUKEE, 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:** Punch presses
## Employer
- **Name:** Helwig Carbon Products
- **Location:** 8900 W. Tower Ave, MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, 53224
- **NAICS:** 332710
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a punch press and amputated the left middle finger.

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