# Amputations at Nova Coil, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020098721` · 9/14/2020 · FRANKLIN, 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:** Metal plates, metal panels
## Employer
- **Name:** Nova Coil, Inc.
- **Location:** 5401 W. Franklin Dr., FRANKLIN, WISCONSIN, 53132
- **NAICS:** 332999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was welding and crushed their left index finger between a weld point and the metal plate in the weld fixture resulting in amputation.

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