# Amputations at McMillan Electric Company
> OSHA SIR `2023010633` · 1/20/2023 · WOODVILLE, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Presses, except printing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** McMillan Electric Company
- **Location:** 400 BEST ROAD, WOODVILLE, WISCONSIN, 54028
- **NAICS:** 335312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At 2:15 p.m. on January 20, 2023, an employee was working on a faulty press and pushed down on the top of the press to assist it. The press returned to the start position while the employee's hand was still on top; a rod attached to the head of the press caught the employee's left middle finger and amputated it.

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