# Amputations at Agropur Ingredients, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015031524` · 3/27/2015 · LA CROSSE, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **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:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Agropur Ingredients, Inc.
- **Location:** 2340 Enterprise Ave., LA CROSSE, WISCONSIN, 54603
- **NAICS:** 311514
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee's left index finger was amputated at the first knuckle after she reached into a chain-and-sprocket drive mechanism. The mechanism was moving at the time of the incident.

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