# Amputations at American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018099354` · 9/10/2018 · REEDSBURG, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc.
- **Location:** 700 Ash Street, REEDSBURG, WISCONSIN, 53959
- **NAICS:** 331511
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was dumping a hopper when the hopper slid and amputated one of his fingertips.

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