# Amputations at Expera Specialty Solutions
> OSHA SIR `2017043908` · 4/30/2017 · MOSINEE, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Paper production machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Expera Specialty Solutions
- **Location:** 100 Main Street, MOSINEE, WISCONSIN, 54455
- **NAICS:** 322121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee and two coworkers were manually tensioning a belt on a belt drive when his left thumb was pulled into the in-running nip point created between the belt and the sieve, amputating his thumb above the first knuckle. He was wearing leather gloves at the time of the incident.

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