# Amputations at Great Lakes Cheese Company Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015052753` · 5/11/2015 · HIRAM, OHIO
## 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:** Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Great Lakes Cheese Company Inc.
- **Location:** 17825 Great Lakes Parkway, HIRAM, OHIO, 44234
- **NAICS:** 424430
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee sustained a left ring finger amputation while adjusting a guide roller on the case packer machine.

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