# Amputations at Caraustar Industries
> OSHA SIR `2018077572` · 7/25/2018 · OSHKOSH, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Caraustar Industries
- **Location:** 2980 S. Oakwood Rd., OSHKOSH, WISCONSIN, 54904
- **NAICS:** 322214
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On July 25, 2018, an employee was reaching around a tube to back a wax applicator out because it was applying too much wax when the employee's finger was caught between the wax applicator and the tube, resulting in a distal amputation to the right index fingertip. The equipment was unguarded 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*