# Amputations at Vacuum Pumps & Compressors, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023087997` · 8/30/2023 · GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Sheet metal
- **Secondary source:** Cranes, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Vacuum Pumps & Compressors, Inc.
- **Location:** 907 North Military Avenue, GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN, 54303
- **NAICS:** 333996
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was lifting sheet metal from a welding table using a crane hook. The sheet metal slipped out and amputated the employee's left ring finger above the top knuckle.

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