# Amputations at BEMIS CO., INC., SPECIALTY FILMS
> OSHA SIR `2018011040` · 1/31/2018 · OSHKOSH, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Material and personnel hoists
- **Secondary source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** BEMIS CO., INC., SPECIALTY FILMS
- **Location:** 2450 BADGER AVE., OSHKOSH, WISCONSIN, 54903
- **NAICS:** 326112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was kneeling on the floor and raising a hoist with a roller, using the pendant to change a roller at the bottom of a press. The employee's left hand was on top of the hoist rail when he raised the hoist using a pendant, and his left pinky finger was pinched between the hoist rail and the machine's frame, amputating the fingertip.

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