# Amputations at Wirco Foundry Division
> OSHA SIR `2016076838` · 7/27/2016 · CHAMPAIGN, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** Wirco Foundry Division
- **Location:** 1700 W Washington, CHAMPAIGN, ILLINOIS, 61821
- **NAICS:** 331524
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on an outside sand belt when the belt slipped and pulled his hand back, resulting in a left ring finger amputation.

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