# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at The Vollrath Company
> OSHA SIR `2024032531` · 3/21/2024 · KIEL, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  unspecified
- **Source:** Stamping machinery, presses  except printing
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** The Vollrath Company
- **Location:** 502 Highway 67, KIEL, WISCONSIN, 53042
- **NAICS:** 333318
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On March 21, 2024, an employee was trying to get the pushout on a mechanical press to reseat. After the employee twisted the pushout to reseat it, it actuated, pinching the employee's glove and left thumb and partially amputating the thumb tip.

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