# Amputations at Federal-Mogul Powertrain LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017099393` · 9/29/2017 · WAUPUN, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Presses, except printing, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Federal-Mogul Powertrain LLC
- **Location:** 401 Industrial Drive, WAUPUN, WISCONSIN, 53963
- **NAICS:** 336390
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On September 29, 2017, at 4:30 PM, an employee was kneeling and setting up a hydraulic compacting press with his left hand on the control panel. As he moved to the standing position, his left hand flipped the core rod switch into the down mode. The core rods then moved down and partially amputated his right little finger.

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