# Amputations at MIDWEST MANUFACTURING
> OSHA SIR `2015030579` · 3/6/2015 · EAU CLAIRE, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Extruding machinery
- **Secondary source:** Crowbars
## Employer
- **Name:** MIDWEST MANUFACTURING
- **Location:** 5240 KANE ROAD, EAU CLAIRE, WISCONSIN, 54703
- **NAICS:** 444110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On 3/6/15 at 4:30 p.m., an employee was trying to move a co-extruder towards the extrusion line to get it back on the extrusion line track. The employee used a pry bar to move the machine forward, while a second employee tried to loosen the wheel. The second employee's right index finger got caught between the pry bar and the machine track.

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