# Amputations at Eaton Cooper Power Systems
> OSHA SIR `2023032194` · 3/9/2023 · WAUKESHA, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Shearing machines
## Employer
- **Name:** Eaton Cooper Power Systems
- **Location:** 1319 Lincoln Avenue, WAUKESHA, WISCONSIN, 53186
- **NAICS:** 335999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting copper wire with a shear when they sustained an amputation to their right ring fingertip.

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