# Amputations at Riester & Schnell, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20161211306` · 12/3/2016 · WESTFIELD, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Combines
## Employer
- **Name:** Riester & Schnell, Inc.
- **Location:** N6701 Harris Street, WESTFIELD, WISCONSIN, 53964
- **NAICS:** 811310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning the hopper on a combine with an air hose when the employee's right leg was caught in the combine auger, amputating it mid-calf.

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