# Amputations at SAPUTO CHEESE USA, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2016032425` · 3/21/2016 · ALMENA, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** SAPUTO CHEESE USA, INC.
- **Location:** 1052 SIXTH ST., ALMENA, WISCONSIN, 54805
- **NAICS:** 311513
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On 03-21-2016, an employee was cleaning the rotary valve section of a cheese de-weigher when the valve's rotating paddles amputated the employee's left-hand ring and middle fingers.

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