# Amputations at L&S Electric, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016010724` · 1/25/2016 · SCHOFIELD, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Grinders, abraders
## Employer
- **Name:** L&S Electric, Inc.
- **Location:** 5101 Mesker St., SCHOFIELD, WISCONSIN, 54476
- **NAICS:** 811310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was grinding a point on a steel wedge when the grinder pulled the employee's left thumb in and amputated the tip.

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