# Amputations at Nemak Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2016109770` · 10/17/2016 · 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 during regular operation
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Nemak Corporation
- **Location:** 4243 Gateway Drive, SHEBOYGAN, WISCONSIN, 53081
- **NAICS:** 331523
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a trim cell unit where engine blocks are trimmed out. As he was picking up the block, he was wearing a hot mill style glove. His pinky went into the chain belt and was caught between the backside of the chain belt and the guard. His left pinky finger was amputated.

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