# Amputations at Broadwind Towers, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020010113` · 1/6/2020 · MANITOWOC, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Parts and materials, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Slings
## Employer
- **Name:** Broadwind Towers, Inc.
- **Location:** 101 South 16th St, MANITOWOC, WISCONSIN, 54220
- **NAICS:** 332313
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was adjusting the orientation of a 300-pound cast metal part while it was on the floor in a sling. The part shifted and pinched the employee's left middle and ring fingers against the sling, causing the amputation of the middle fingertip and an avulsion on the ring finger.

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