# Amputations at Essity
> OSHA SIR `2021032001` · 3/6/2021 · MENASHA, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Paper production machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Essity
- **Location:** 190 3rd Street, MENASHA, WISCONSIN, 54952
- **NAICS:** 322121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a catwalk, cleaning the shower on a paper machine. As he was using a wrench to rotate the shower shaft with his right hand, the indicator came around and caught the tip of his left index finger, causing a partial amputation to the finger pad.

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