# Amputations at Great Northern Corporation
> OSHA SIR `20201212111` · 12/30/2020 · APPLETON, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Presses-printing
- **Secondary source:** Brooms, mops, and other cleaning tools
## Employer
- **Name:** Great Northern Corporation
- **Location:** 395 Stroebe Road, APPLETON, WISCONSIN, 54914
- **NAICS:** 322211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a rag to wipe lubricant off the feed table of a flexo machine. The rag was pulled into the feed rollers, pulling the employee's hand with it. The employee sustained an amputation to the right index finger.

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