# Amputations at Wald Wire & Manufacturing Co
> OSHA SIR `2022010754` · 1/25/2022 · OSHKOSH, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Welding machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Wald Wire & Manufacturing Co
- **Location:** 846 Witzel Avenue, OSHKOSH, WISCONSIN, 54902
- **NAICS:** 332618
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On January 25, 2022, an employee was operating a press welder. The employee was passing tooling through the welder when their left ring finger was pinched between bars on the welder. Three-quarters of the fingertip was amputated. The machine was unguarded at the time.

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