# Amputations at AMERICAN EXCELSIOR COMPANY
> OSHA SIR `2017065675` · 6/21/2017 · RICE LAKE, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** AMERICAN EXCELSIOR COMPANY
- **Location:** 831 PIONEER AVE., RICE LAKE, WISCONSIN, 54868
- **NAICS:** 321999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing the blades on a machine and using a knee switch to hold open the pocket where the blades were located. The employee's knee slipped off the switch, allowing the blades to amputated the employee's right ring fingertip.

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