# Amputations at Felker Brothers Corporation
> OSHA SIR `20181010473` · 10/10/2018 · MARSHFIELD, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Grinders, abraders
## Employer
- **Name:** Felker Brothers Corporation
- **Location:** 1707 East 4th Street, MARSHFIELD, WISCONSIN, 54449
- **NAICS:** 331110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was sanding the head of a stainless steel chisel when the employee's right thumb became caught between a vertical belt sander and the work rest, causing an abrasion that resulted in a partial amputation to the thumb tip.

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