# Amputations at Agropur, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2017064990` · 6/1/2017 · WEYAUWEGA, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Hooks, shackles, magnets, clamshells
- **Secondary source:** Hoisting accessories, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Agropur, Inc
- **Location:** 105 E. 3rd Avenue, WEYAUWEGA, WISCONSIN, 54983
- **NAICS:** 311513
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was picking up a cart with an overhead hoist. While he was rigging it up, a piece of the spreader bar shifted and his left ring fingertip was caught and amputated between the hook and eyelet.

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