# Amputations at Linetec
> OSHA SIR `20181212766` · 12/12/2018 · WAUSAU, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Linetec
- **Location:** 7500 Stewart Avenue, WAUSAU, WISCONSIN, 54401
- **NAICS:** 332321
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee opened up a machine cover to setup the strut line and was using his left index finger to feel underneath the extrusion to check the adjustment. His finger was pulled into the pinch point created by the crimping disk. The fingertip was medically amputated.

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