# Amputations at HOPPE North America, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019010453` · 1/14/2019 · FORT ATKINSON, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Drilling machines, drilling augers
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** HOPPE North America, Inc.
- **Location:** 205 E. Blackhawk Avenue, FORT ATKINSON, WISCONSIN, 53538
- **NAICS:** 423710
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee finished drilling a hole into a hinge and was wiggling the hinge out of the drill when his hand raised up and the rotating drill caught his glove, pulling his hand into the drill. He suffered a crushed finger and several fractures to the left index and pinky fingers, leading to amputations.

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