# Amputations at KOHLER CO.
> OSHA SIR `2021109328` · 10/29/2021 · KOHLER, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Overhead hoists, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** KOHLER CO.
- **Location:** 444 Highland Dr., KOHLER, WISCONSIN, 53044
- **NAICS:** 332998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving packed ware from the end of a conveyor to a pallet using a hoist. As the employee raised the hoist, her left index finger became pinched on the lifting device, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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