# Amputations at Holtger Bros. Inc
> OSHA SIR `2020032608` · 3/19/2020 · SUSSEX, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Winders, unwinders
## Employer
- **Name:** Holtger Bros. Inc
- **Location:** Maple Ave, SUSSEX, WISCONSIN, 53089
- **NAICS:** 237110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was spooling out cable with a power winch. There was slack in the cable. The winch was put into forward, then reverse; the cable tensed and caught the employee's finger against the metal housing. The employee's fingertip was amputated (without bone loss).

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