# Amputations at Weather Shield Mfg., Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022054690` · 5/31/2022 · MEDFORD, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Weather Shield Mfg., Inc.
- **Location:** 642 S. Whelen Ave., MEDFORD, WISCONSIN, 54451
- **NAICS:** 321911
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On May 31, 2022, at 8:00 a.m., an employee was removing a block of wood from an electronic glue machine when the wood pinched her right thumb between a metal railing on the side of the machine, resulting in medical amputation.

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