# Amputations at Mayville Engineering Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015085978` · 8/20/2015 · BEAVER DAM, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Mayville Engineering Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 210 Corporate Drive, BEAVER DAM, WISCONSIN, 53916
- **NAICS:** 332116
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee entered the blast booth service room to investigate why media was not flowing. His leg was amputated when he stepped into a floor auger. The cover guarding the auger was removed at the time of the incident.

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