# Amputations at Wisconsin Aluminum Foundry Co., Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023109295` · 10/9/2023 · MANITOWOC, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Wisconsin Aluminum Foundry Co., Inc.
- **Location:** 838 S. 16th Street, MANITOWOC, WISCONSIN, 54220
- **NAICS:** 331529
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a knockout machine to finish aluminum castings. The machine was mounted in an A-frame. When the machine actuated, the employee's right middle fingertip was pinched and amputated between the hammer and the casting.

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