# Amputations at Kolbe & Kolbe Millwork Co., Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022043634` · 4/27/2022 · WAUSAU, 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 regular operation
- **Source:** Sawing machinery-stationary, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Kolbe & Kolbe Millwork Co., Inc.
- **Location:** 1323 S. 11th Ave., WAUSAU, WISCONSIN, 54401
- **NAICS:** 321911
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a saw machine. The sawblade amputated the employee's right index finger between the third and fourth knuckles and lacerated the employee's right middle finger in the same place.

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