# Amputations at RJS CONSTRUCTION GROUP LLC
> OSHA SIR `2015053187` · 5/26/2015 · SUPERIOR, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** RJS CONSTRUCTION GROUP LLC
- **Location:** Vic: 1 Clough Avenue, SUPERIOR, WISCONSIN, 54880
- **NAICS:** 237110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a pallet dismantler machine when his right hand was caught in the  machine while removing a piece of wood that was causing a jam.  The tip of the employee's right thumb was amputated as a result.

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