# Amputations at Pieper Automation
> OSHA SIR `2019099562` · 9/12/2019 · FORT ATKINSON, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Packaging, bottling, wrapping machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Pieper Automation
- **Location:** 200 East Cramer Street, FORT ATKINSON, WISCONSIN, 53538
- **NAICS:** 333318
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was reaching into a packaging machine when the sensors activated and the machine cycled, amputating his index fingertip.

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