# Amputations at Herker Industries, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019044114` · 4/23/2019 · MENOMONEE FALLS, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Herker Industries, Inc.
- **Location:** N57 W13760 Carmen Avenue, MENOMONEE FALLS, WISCONSIN, 53051
- **NAICS:** 332116
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee's hand entered a machine that had been turned off and was caught between two rotating gears, resulting in a finger amputation.

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