# Amputations at Appleton Grp Foundry
> OSHA SIR `20231110564` · 11/16/2023 · SOUTH MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Scrap metal
- **Secondary source:** Chutes
## Employer
- **Name:** Appleton Grp Foundry
- **Location:** 2105 Fifth Avenue, SOUTH MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, 53172
- **NAICS:** 331511
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was picking up scrap material from the floor under a metal scrap chute when a piece of scrap fell down the chute. The employee's right little finger was crushed, resulting in surgical amputation at the second joint.

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