# Amputations at Bremer Manufacturing Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022108891` · 10/10/2022 · ELKHART LAKE, 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:** Drills-stationary
## Employer
- **Name:** Bremer Manufacturing Company, Inc.
- **Location:** W2002 CTY RD. Q, ELKHART LAKE, WISCONSIN, 53020
- **NAICS:** 331524
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A temporary employee was operating a drill press. They were drilling holes into a part when their cut-resistant gloves were caught in the drill bit. The employee's left ring finger was amputated at the first knuckle.

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