# Amputations at Dunn Paper - Ladysmith, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2020054446` · 5/13/2020 · LADYSMITH, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Metalworking lathes
- **Secondary source:** Crowbars
## Employer
- **Name:** Dunn Paper - Ladysmith, LLC
- **Location:** 1215 East Worden Avenue, LADYSMITH, WISCONSIN, 54848
- **NAICS:** 322291
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On May 13, 2020, an employee was operating a metal lathe. The employee inserted a metal pry bar into the chuck of the lathe to spin the tool while cleaning its end with an emery pad. The spinning tool caught and partially amputated the employee's left thumb.

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