# Amputations at Imperial Industries Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20181212599` · 12/7/2018 · ROTHSCHILD, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Chains, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
## Employer
- **Name:** Imperial Industries Inc.
- **Location:** 550 Industrial Park Ave., ROTHSCHILD, WISCONSIN, 54474
- **NAICS:** 332420
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was lifting an aluminum tank when their right index finger was caught between a chain and the tank. The employee sustained a partial amputation of the right index fingertip.

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