# Amputations at Wiscolift, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20171110772` · 11/8/2017 · SAUKVILLE, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Cranes, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Wiscolift, Inc.
- **Location:** Sauk Technologies, SAUKVILLE, WISCONSIN, 53080
- **NAICS:** 333923
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was diagnosing a problem with a crane gear box when the employee's left glove was pulled into the gear box, crushing the employee's left index fingertip. The fingertip was eventually amputated. The crane was not locked/tagged out at the time.

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