# Amputations at R & B GRINDING CO., INC.
> OSHA SIR `2018032477` · 3/13/2018 · RACINE, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Grinders, abraders
## Employer
- **Name:** R & B GRINDING CO., INC.
- **Location:** 1900 Clark Street, RACINE, WISCONSIN, 53403
- **NAICS:** 332710
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was assisting with grinding operations and got a hand caught in the grinding wheel resulting in a partial amputation of the left index and middle fingers.

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