# Amputations at State Wide Fencing, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20161110797` · 11/17/2016 · FRANKSVILLE, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Gates
## Employer
- **Name:** State Wide Fencing, Inc.
- **Location:** 8310 Industrial Dr., FRANKSVILLE, WISCONSIN, 53126
- **NAICS:** 238990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While installing a gate, an employee's left middle finger was amputated above the knuckle when the gate pinched the finger as it was being hung.

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