# Amputations at Linetec
> OSHA SIR `20181010572` · 10/13/2018 · WAUSAU, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment dropped by other person
- **Source:** Structural metal materials, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Linetec
- **Location:** 7500 Stewart Ave., WAUSAU, WISCONSIN, 54401
- **NAICS:** 332321
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee and a coworker were moving an aluminum extrusion weighing approximately 43 pounds when the coworker dropped his end. The employee's right middle finger was inside the extrusion at the time and suffered an avulsion that required surgical amputation.

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