# Amputations at Clack Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2017087718` · 8/11/2017 · WINDSOR, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Band saws
## Employer
- **Name:** Clack Corporation
- **Location:** 4462 Duraform Lane, WINDSOR, WISCONSIN, 53598
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a band saw to cut a manufactured plastic part (42-gallon waste container) to be ground up in a granulator when the saw blade and the part wiggled. The employee's left thumb tip then made contact with the blade and was amputated.

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