# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Preco, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024021847` · 2/29/2024 · SOMERSET, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Welding machinery
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Preco, LLC
- **Location:** 500 Laser Drive, SOMERSET, WISCONSIN, 54025
- **NAICS:** 333999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a CNC laser welding machine when their left ring fingertip was crushed between a part in the machine and a ram moving toward the machine to support the part. This resulted in surgical amputation of the fingertip.

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