# Amputations at Aluma Cast Foundry, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022109176` · 10/19/2022 · APPLETON, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Agitators, mixers-earth, mineral
## Employer
- **Name:** Aluma Cast Foundry, Inc.
- **Location:** 3200 E Pershing Street, APPLETON, WISCONSIN, 54911
- **NAICS:** 331524
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A temporary employee was utilizing a sand mixer when the machine became plugged up. The employee was clearing the jam, when the mixer moved causing amputation of the right ring fingertip and fractures and lacerations to the right middle finger.

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