# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Apogee Wausau Group
> OSHA SIR `2024032805` · 3/29/2024 · WAUSAU, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
- **Source:** Scrap metal
- **Secondary source:** Guardrails, road dividers or barriers
## Employer
- **Name:** Apogee Wausau Group
- **Location:** 7500 Stewart Avenue, WAUSAU, WISCONSIN, 54401
- **NAICS:** 332321
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On March 29, 2024, two employees were carrying scrap aluminum to discard when they lifted it over a guardrail and the load shifted. This pinched the injured employee's right index fingertip between the metal and the guardrail, resulting in an amputation.

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