# Amputations at Broadwind Heavy Fabrications, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20211210736` · 12/15/2021 · MANITOWOC, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Parts and materials, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Parts and materials, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Broadwind Heavy Fabrications, Inc.
- **Location:** 101 S. 16th Street, MANITOWOC, WISCONSIN, 54220
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On December 15, 2021, an employee was assisting in a process change evaluation. Two cylindrical adapters were to be joined together with a 40lbs. spacer in between. Several bolts, which were used to secure the components together, had damaged threads. In the process of removing the bolts, the spacer came down. The adapter slid down and pinched the employee's left index fingertip between the flange of the adapter and the metal plate, resulting in an amputation.

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