# Amputations at Waupaca Foundry, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017076769` · 7/20/2017 · MARINETTE, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Grinders, abraders
## Employer
- **Name:** Waupaca Foundry, Inc.
- **Location:** 805 Ogden Street, MARINETTE, WISCONSIN, 54143
- **NAICS:** 331511
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a sanding disc to de-burr a piece of steel when the sanding disc partially amputated the employee's left thumb tip.

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