# Amputations at W K Construction Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023076391` · 7/18/2023 · WAUSAU, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Compactors, crushers, pulverizers-earth, mineral
## Employer
- **Name:** W K Construction Company, Inc.
- **Location:** Near intersection of County Roads K & WW, WAUSAU, WISCONSIN, 54401
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was clearing debris from the conveyor system of an asphalt crushing machine when their right middle fingertip was amputated by the conveyor system.

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