# Amputations at BCI Burke Company, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019055407` · 5/30/2019 · FOND DU LAC, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Grinders, abraders
## Employer
- **Name:** BCI Burke Company, LLC
- **Location:** 660 Van Dyne Rd., FOND DU LAC, WISCONSIN, 54937
- **NAICS:** 339999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was grinding a steel part on a stand-up grinder. While he was putting the part into the grinder and turning it, the wheel grabbed the part and then his gloved hand. His right thumb was ground down to the first knuckle.

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