# Amputations at Nemak Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2016087565` · 8/12/2016 · SHEBOYGAN, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Casting machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Nemak Corporation
- **Location:** 4243 Gateway Drive, SHEBOYGAN, WISCONSIN, 53081
- **NAICS:** 331523
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

As an employee was verifying that the air pressure on a die-cast machine was at the correct level, the valve actuated and amputated the employee's third right-hand distal phalange.

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