# Amputations at Waupaca Foundry, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021053678` · 5/4/2021 · MARINETTE, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Waupaca Foundry, Inc.
- **Location:** 805 Ogden Street, MARINETTE, WISCONSIN, 54143
- **NAICS:** 331511
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning out a broaching machine at the end of a shift. The machine actuated, causing amputations to the employee's index finger (to the first knuckle) and ring finger (just above the second knuckle).

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