# Amputations at API Heat Transfer, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017065938` · 6/28/2017 · FRANKLIN, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against object or equipment while moving it
- **Source:** Reels, rolls, spools, coils, cones
## Employer
- **Name:** API Heat Transfer, Inc.
- **Location:** 4700 W. Ironwood Drive, FRANKLIN, WISCONSIN, 53132
- **NAICS:** 332313
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was putting a 250 lb. steel coil back onto a skid after it had fallen off the skid while placing the skid onto pallet racking. The coil started sliding off again and the sharp edge amputated the right middle fingertip.

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