# Amputations at Calumet Superior, LLC.
> OSHA SIR `2015052904` · 5/15/2015 · SUPERIOR, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Buckets, baskets, pails
- **Secondary source:** Structures, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Calumet Superior, LLC.
- **Location:** 2407 Stinson Avenue, SUPERIOR, WISCONSIN, 54880
- **NAICS:** 324110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were installing plastic on a strainer basket inside of a reactor 30' high when the basket slipped and pulled in one employee's glove and middle finger. Approximately 1/4" of the employee's left middle fingertip was amputated. The basket is made of steel and is shaped like a small garbage can measuring 2' x 1.5' and weighing 200 pounds.

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