# Amputations at Genco Industries
> OSHA SIR `2018021906` · 2/24/2018 · WAUKESHA, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Bending, crimping machines
## Employer
- **Name:** Genco Industries
- **Location:** 209 Wilmont Dr., WAUKESHA, WISCONSIN, 53189
- **NAICS:** 333249
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On 02/23/2018, an employee was working on the tee at a machine and putting a wire on it when she stepped on the foot pedal. The machine then came down and amputated her left index fingertip.

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