# Amputations at Spancrete Group, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015042143` · 4/20/2015 · WAUKESHA, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Bars, rods, reinforcing bar (rebar)
- **Secondary source:** Tables, worktables
## Employer
- **Name:** Spancrete Group, Inc.
- **Location:** 945 Blackstone Avenue, WAUKESHA, WISCONSIN, 53186
- **NAICS:** 327390
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was bending a piece of rebar and the employee's hand was caught between the bar and the edge of the work table. The employee's pinky fingertip was amputated a week later.

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