# Amputations at American Aluminum Extrusion, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2015030912` · 3/2/2015 · BELOIT, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** American Aluminum Extrusion, LLC
- **Location:** 1 St. Lawrence St., BELOIT, WISCONSIN, 53511
- **NAICS:** 331316
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee operating a tail stretcher machine sustained a partial finger amputation. The employee's fingers were not guarded and the left index fingertip was smashed.

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