# Amputations at Tradesmen International, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2021087313` · 8/26/2021 · WAUPACA, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Parts and materials, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Cranes, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Tradesmen International, LLC
- **Location:** Waupaca Foundry Inc Plant 2/3, WAUPACA, WISCONSIN, 54981
- **NAICS:** 561311
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had placed a casting on a crane hook and was operating the crane by remote control. When the employee grabbed the casting to turn it, it fell off the hook and struck the employee's fingers. The employee suffered a partial amputation to the right ring finger, as well as lacerations to the right ring and middle fingers.

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