# Amputations at Wisconsin Electric Power Company
> OSHA SIR `2017098454` · 9/1/2017 · PLEASANT PRAIRIE, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Angle irons
## Employer
- **Name:** Wisconsin Electric Power Company
- **Location:** 8000 95th St., PLEASANT PRAIRIE, WISCONSIN, 53158
- **NAICS:** 221112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On September 1, 2017, an employee was standing and waiting for a silo to empty when a piece of angle iron fell from above and struck the employee's hand, amputating the thumb tip.

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