# Amputations at United Liquid Waste Recycling, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023010649` · 1/20/2023 · WATERTOWN, 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:** Banding, baling, strapping machinery
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** United Liquid Waste Recycling, Inc.
- **Location:** N2797 Wisconsin 26, WATERTOWN, WISCONSIN, 53098
- **NAICS:** 333318
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a metal stake and hammer to strike the channels of a baler to allow room for wiring to go through while in operation. Their glove and tool became caught by the baler. The baler moved down and pressed on the metal tool, pinching the employee's left little and ring fingers. The little finger required medical amputation.

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