# Amputations at SARGENTO FOODS INC
> OSHA SIR `2016032202` · 3/13/2016 · KIEL, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Sealing, stapling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** SARGENTO FOODS INC
- **Location:** 1 Persnickety Place, KIEL, WISCONSIN, 53042
- **NAICS:** 311513
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to fix a registration issue on a machine's fill and seal line. As he went to remove a cover off the stretch cylinder, the machine cycled. His left middle finger was crushed between the machine's collar and the stretching cylinder, amputating his left middle fingertip.

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