# Amputations at McKay Nursery
> OSHA SIR `2023087856` · 8/25/2023 · WATERLOO, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Agricultural and garden machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** McKay Nursery
- **Location:** 750 South Monroe Street, WATERLOO, WISCONSIN, 53594
- **NAICS:** 444220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a seed cleaning machine when his right thumb was caught by the belt traveling around the wheel. The employee suffered an amputation.

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