# Amputations at Klement's Sausage Co., Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017087618` · 8/9/2017 · MILWAUKEE, 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:** Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Klement's Sausage Co., Inc.
- **Location:** 207 E. Lincoln Ave., MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, 53207
- **NAICS:** 311612
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a plastic wrap jam from a packaging machine when the guillotine blade came down and amputated the employee's left index fingertip. The machine was not guarded or locked/tagged out at the time of the incident.

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