# Amputations at County Materials
> OSHA SIR `2016064889` · 6/2/2016 · JANESVILLE, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Cranes-gantry, overhead, monorail, container
## Employer
- **Name:** County Materials
- **Location:** 1104 E. L T Townline Road, JANESVILLE, WISCONSIN, 53546
- **NAICS:** 327331
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was tarping a bridge beam and was holding the cable of the shuttle lift's lifting mechanism. When the lift operator lifted the beam, the employee's hand was pinched where the cable entered the pulley, amputating three right-hand fingertips.

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