# Amputations at Nemak USA, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020010473` · 1/16/2020 · SHEBOYGAN, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Lathes, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Nemak USA, Inc.
- **Location:** 4243 Gateway Drive, SHEBOYGAN, WISCONSIN, 53081
- **NAICS:** 331523
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a running lathe. He was attempting to advance the ring on the well to make it flush with another component. When he attempted to mark the steel with a marker, the long finger of his left hand was caught between the gap in the ring, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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