# Amputations at Prototype Solutions Group, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20161010113` · 10/27/2016 · MENOMONIE, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Hammers, except sledge-nonpowered
## Employer
- **Name:** Prototype Solutions Group, Inc.
- **Location:** 1621 Indianhead Drive, MENOMONIE, WISCONSIN, 54751
- **NAICS:** 541420
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On October 27, 2016, at 4:40 p.m., an employee was engaged in a flip operation and was using a hammer to tap the fixture holding the part. The hammer glanced the fixture and struck/severed the machinist's left index fingertip.

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