# Amputations at LUVATA APPLETON LLC
> OSHA SIR `2016087923` · 8/23/2016 · KIMBERLY, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** LUVATA APPLETON LLC
- **Location:** 533 Carter St., KIMBERLY, WISCONSIN, 54136
- **NAICS:** 331421
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing spools on a wire drawing machine when his right thumb was caught between the lift structure and a spacer block, amputating the thumb tip (no bone loss).

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