# Amputations at Wieland Rolled Products North America, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2020032692` · 3/23/2020 · EAST ALTON, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Presses, except printing, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Calipers, micrometers
## Employer
- **Name:** Wieland Rolled Products North America, LLC
- **Location:** 305 Lewis and Clark Blvd, EAST ALTON, ILLINOIS, 62024
- **NAICS:** 331420
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was measuring the thickness of a brass strip as it was being fed into a press. A micrometer the employee was using was pulled into a 4-inch gap at the press opening, taking the employee's right hand with it. The employee's little finger was partially amputated.

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