# Amputations at Michels Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2020088246` · 8/31/2020 · BROWNSVILLE, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Michels Corporation
- **Location:** 817 W. Main Street, BROWNSVILLE, WISCONSIN, 53006
- **NAICS:** 237990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was manually unloading sections of counterweight pipe. Each pipe had swiveling D-rings mounted on the ends to be used for lifting the pipes with slings. The employee's finger got caught between a D-ring and a pipe resulting in a partial finger amputation.

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