# Amputations at GLK Foods, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017043111` · 4/6/2017 · BEAR CREEK, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Bottling, canning, filling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** GLK Foods, LLC
- **Location:** 400 Clark Street, BEAR CREEK, WISCONSIN, 54922
- **NAICS:** 311421
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On April 6, 2017, an employee was cleaning a canning machine when the employee's right index fingertip contacted a rotating auger and was amputated. The machine was running and unguarded at the time.

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