# Amputations at Linetec
> OSHA SIR `2015020832` · 2/27/2015 · WAUSAU, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Vises, clamps
## Employer
- **Name:** Linetec
- **Location:** 7500 Stewart Avenue, WAUSAU, WISCONSIN, 54401
- **NAICS:** 332812
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On February 27, 2015, an employee severely injured his finger while moving a 50-pound vise in the Rack Maintenance Area. The employee crushed the upper portion of the right pinky finger. Medical providers removed the untreatable portion of the finger between the first and second knuckle.

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