# Amputations at Holcim Solutions and Products - Waukesha
> OSHA SIR `20231211196` · 12/7/2023 · WAUKESHA, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Holcim Solutions and Products - Waukesha
- **Location:** 1245 Chapman Drive, WAUKESHA, WISCONSIN, 53186
- **NAICS:** 326150
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting thick floor tape with a chop saw. When the chop saw came down, the blade pulled the tape and the employee's thumb in, amputating his thumb at the nail bed.

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