# Amputations at MetalTek International, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017098646` · 9/8/2017 · WAUKESHA, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Overhead hoists, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** MetalTek International, Inc.
- **Location:** 905 East St. Paul Avenue, WAUKESHA, WISCONSIN, 53188
- **NAICS:** 331513
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was flipping a part over using a hoist and a chain sling when his right pinky fingertip was caught and amputated between the part and the chain sling.

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