# Amputations at Luvata Appleton LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022109507` · 10/30/2022 · KIMBERLY, 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, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Luvata Appleton LLC
- **Location:** 533 Carter Ct., KIMBERLY, WISCONSIN, 54136
- **NAICS:** 331420
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was stringing and setting up a wire drawing machine when his glove was caught between a wire and a block, resulting in an amputation to his left middle finger, just above the first knuckle.

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