# Amputations involving bone loss at Deltco of Wisconsin, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025032110` · 3/5/2025 · ASHLAND, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  unspecified
- **Source:** Other metal, wood, and special material machinery  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Machine guards
## Employer
- **Name:** Deltco of Wisconsin, Inc.
- **Location:** 601 Industrial Park Road, ASHLAND, WISCONSIN, 54806
- **NAICS:** 325991
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On March 3, 2025, two employees were working on a blender. The injured employee was removing contaminated pellets from the blender. Another employee went to elevate a tilter that was feeding the blender when the blender auger activated and crushed the injured employee's left leg. The employee's leg was medically amputated 4" - 6" below the knee. The machine was guarded at the time.

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