# Amputations at Tuls Dairy - Butler County Dairy, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2016098937` · 9/21/2016 · RISING CITY, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
## Employer
- **Name:** Tuls Dairy - Butler County Dairy, LLC
- **Location:** 2670 D Rd, RISING CITY, NEBRASKA, 68658
- **NAICS:** 112120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

After filling up the milk tanker truck, the employee was closing the plunger valve by hand. The employee's finger was over the edge of the flange, and when the valve was sucked in it amputated the right middle fingertip.

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