# Amputations at MGS Mfg Group, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20191212804` · 12/13/2019 · GERMANTOWN, 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:** Nonclassifiable
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** MGS Mfg Group, Inc.
- **Location:** N118 W19328 Bunsen Drive, GERMANTOWN, WISCONSIN, 53022
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a battery-powered hand drill to get paint out of tapped holes in a framework and mount casters/level feet when the employee's right thumb was caught in between the framework foot pad and concrete floor, resulting in a partial distal phalange amputation of the left thumb.

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