# Amputations at Amerequip Corporation Plant 3
> OSHA SIR `2016109712` · 10/14/2016 · KIEL, 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:** Backhoes, trackhoes
## Employer
- **Name:** Amerequip Corporation Plant 3
- **Location:** 1015 Calumet Avenue, KIEL, WISCONSIN, 53042
- **NAICS:** 333112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On October 14, 2016, an employee had her finger in a pivot point on a backhoe assembly to determine if the two holes were aligned. The employee operated a hydraulic control that moved the pivot point and amputated her right index finger. The pivot point on the backhoe assembly was not guarded at the time of the incident.

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