# Amputations at BIERY CHEESE CO.
> OSHA SIR `2016065377` · 6/16/2016 · LOUISVILLE, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Bottling, canning, filling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** BIERY CHEESE CO.
- **Location:** 6544 PARIS AVE. N. E., LOUISVILLE, OHIO, 44641
- **NAICS:** 311513
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on the heart filler machine. The liner was out of adjustment, so the employee attempted to readjust it. The gate then closed on her finger, amputating her right index fingertip.

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