# Amputations at Willman Industries, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20221110270` · 11/22/2022 · CEDAR GROVE, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Overhead hoists, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Dies, molds, patterns
## Employer
- **Name:** Willman Industries, Inc.
- **Location:** 338 South Main Street, CEDAR GROVE, WISCONSIN, 53013
- **NAICS:** 331511
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using an overhead hoist to lift a core. Their thumb became caught between the core hook and the hoist hook during a lift, resulting in an amputation of the thumb at the first knuckle.

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