# Amputations at Brewster Cheese, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017043079` · 4/5/2017 · BREWSTER, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Dairy and milk processing machinery-specialized
## Employer
- **Name:** Brewster Cheese, Inc.
- **Location:** 800 WABASH AVE S., BREWSTER, OHIO, 44613
- **NAICS:** 311513
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a 360 lb. block of cheese from the cutting harp and suffered an amputation injury to the left hand.

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