# Amputations at Stark Pavement Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2022043088` · 4/7/2022 · MILWAUKEE, 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:** Grinders, abraders
- **Secondary source:** Structural metal materials, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Stark Pavement Corporation
- **Location:** 11710 W Hampton Ave, MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, 53225
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a bench grinder to grind off burrs from steel fabrication. The employee turned the steel on an angle and the grinder pulled the steel shank along with the employee's finger into the grinding wheel. The employee sustained an amputation to the left index finger.

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