# Amputations at Contech Engineered Solutions LLC
> OSHA SIR `2021042883` · 4/7/2021 · PORTAGE, WISCONSIN
## 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:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Contech Engineered Solutions LLC
- **Location:** 2214 W. Wisconsin St., PORTAGE, WISCONSIN, 53901
- **NAICS:** 332313
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was riveting two pipes together using a rivet machine when the rivet hammer activated and crushed the employee's left index finger. The injury resulted in an amputation.

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