# Amputations at Foremost Farms USA Cooperative
> OSHA SIR `2016087077` · 8/1/2016 · MARSHFIELD, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Nonroadway noncollision incident, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Foremost Farms USA Cooperative
- **Location:** 1511 E. 4th Street, MARSHFIELD, WISCONSIN, 54449
- **NAICS:** 311513
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a forklift. When he went to pull the cord to activate the door opener, his right hand became caught in the cord. As he moved forward, his ring fingertip was caught and amputated between the cord and the roll cage on the forklift.

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