# Amputations at Sorrento Lactalis, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016076356` · 7/14/2016 · BUFFALO, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Dairy and milk processing machinery-specialized
## Employer
- **Name:** Sorrento Lactalis, Inc.
- **Location:** 2375 South Park Avenue, BUFFALO, NEW YORK, 14220
- **NAICS:** 311513
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was in the process of setting up an RMC machine that takes mozzarella cheese and forms it into a block. The employee was installing a plastic wedge (approx. 2 ft. x 2 ft. x 1 in. thick, weighing approx. 25 lbs.) into the machine and amputated the right index fingertip.

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