# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Wisconsin Aluminum Foundry Co., Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024076276` · 7/11/2024 · MANITOWOC, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thumb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Industrial surfacing and finishing machinery  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Wisconsin Aluminum Foundry Co., Inc.
- **Location:** 838 South 16th Street, MANITOWOC, WISCONSIN, 54220
- **NAICS:** 331529
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At 11:49 p.m. on July 11, 2024, an employee was sanding/grinding a circular aluminum casting on a belt sander/grinder. The casting slipped, and the employee's left thumb came in contact with the edge of the belt. The employee suffered a partial amputation to the thumb.

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