# Amputations at WEATHER SHIELD MFG., INC. MILLWORK DIVISION
> OSHA SIR `2019076987` · 7/10/2019 · MEDFORD, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** WEATHER SHIELD MFG., INC. MILLWORK DIVISION
- **Location:** 642 S. WHELEN ST., MEDFORD, WISCONSIN, 54451
- **NAICS:** 321911
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On July 10, 2019, an employee was adjusting a hold-down on a molding machine and contacted the spinning circular blade. The employee sustained a partial amputation to the left middle finger.

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