# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at GWS Tool Intermediate Holdings, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20241211640` · 12/17/2024 · MENOMONEE FALLS, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thumb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Grinders, abraders
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** GWS Tool Intermediate Holdings, LLC
- **Location:** N94 W14530 Garwin Mace Dr., MENOMONEE FALLS, WISCONSIN, 53051
- **NAICS:** 333318
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a machine to dress a grinding wheel when his hand was pulled into the machine, and the wheel caused an amputation to his left thumb.

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