# Amputations at Revolution Industrial Services LLC
> OSHA SIR `2016042990` · 4/9/2016 · GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Grinding, polishing machinery, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Revolution Industrial Services LLC
- **Location:** Green Bay Packaging, GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN, 54311
- **NAICS:** 238290
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On April 9, 2016, an employee was sanding a metal part using a stand-alone upright disc sander when the rotating sander part grabbed the metal part and the employee's gloved left thumb. The employee's thumb tip was amputated.

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