# Amputations at WIESE USA, INC.
> OSHA SIR `20191111914` · 11/15/2019 · SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted
## Employer
- **Name:** WIESE USA, INC.
- **Location:** 1435 Woodson Rd., SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI, 63132
- **NAICS:** 423830
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was lowering a scissor lift. The employee's finger was caught in the lift and the tip was amputated.

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