# Amputations at J.F. Ahern Co.
> OSHA SIR `20171010195` · 10/24/2017 · FOND DU LAC, 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:** Rolling mills, rolling, calendering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** J.F. Ahern Co.
- **Location:** 201 Morris Ct., FOND DU LAC, WISCONSIN, 54936
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a roll groover to press a groove into the ends of pipe for coupling purposes. He was checking the depth of the groove with his right index finger when it was caught in the point of operation, amputating it between the first and second knuckle.

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