# Amputations at Kwik Trip, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2015031057` · 3/8/2015 · LA CROSSE, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Garage doors
## Employer
- **Name:** Kwik Trip, Inc
- **Location:** 2025 Kwik Trip Way, LA CROSSE, WISCONSIN, 54603
- **NAICS:** 447110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was replacing an overhead door recoil cable when the cable tightened and pressed his thumb against the overhead door track.  His left thumb was amputated at the tip of the bone.

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