# Amputations at Linetec
> OSHA SIR `2016021718` · 2/25/2016 · WAUSAU, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Linetec
- **Location:** 7500 Stewart Avenue, WAUSAU, WISCONSIN, 54401
- **NAICS:** 332321
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On February 25, 2016, an employee was inspecting parts on the transfer table when the rotating shaft grabbed the employee's glove and amputated his left thumb.

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