# Amputations at Hoffmaster Group Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018055022` · 5/23/2018 · CLINTONVILLE, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Product labeling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Hoffmaster Group Inc.
- **Location:** 255 Spring Street, CLINTONVILLE, WISCONSIN, 54929
- **NAICS:** 322291
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to retrieve paper that had fallen into a labeler machine when the employee contacted the timing belt, amputating the left ring fingertip. The machine was running and guarded 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*