# Amputations at Kohler Co.
> OSHA SIR `2015031134` · 3/11/2015 · KOHLER, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **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:** Refrigerators, freezers, ice makers
## Employer
- **Name:** Kohler Co.
- **Location:** 444 Highland Dr., KOHLER, WISCONSIN, 53044
- **NAICS:** 331522
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was hospitalized and had his right thumb amputated after his hand was injured in the cooling fan of a chiller unit he was troubleshooting.

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