# Amputations at Manitowoc Tool & Machining, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2021032524` · 3/25/2021 · MANITOWOC, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Metalworking lathes
## Employer
- **Name:** Manitowoc Tool & Machining, LLC
- **Location:** 4211 Clipper Drive, MANITOWOC, WISCONSIN, 54220
- **NAICS:** 332710
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was clamping an aluminum part into the chuck of a vertical turning lathe when the foot pedal was engaged causing the hydraulic clamp to close on the employee's left ring finger, amputating the fingertip.

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