# Amputations at Muza Metal Products, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2018099988` · 9/26/2018 · OSHKOSH, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Scrap metal
## Employer
- **Name:** Muza Metal Products, LLC
- **Location:** 606 E. Murdock Ave., OSHKOSH, WISCONSIN, 54903
- **NAICS:** 332116
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On September 26, 2018, an employee was using a hardware insertion machine to repair a bent metal panel. The employee was holding some scrap metal (being used to help flatten the panel) when the machine's downward-acting plunger engaged with the panel. The employee's right second finger was pinched, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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