# Amputations at Dean Foods
> OSHA SIR `20171211479` · 12/3/2017 · O FALLON, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Dairy and milk processing machinery-specialized
## Employer
- **Name:** Dean Foods
- **Location:** 610 E State Street, O FALLON, ILLINOIS, 62269
- **NAICS:** 311511
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was reassembling a milk/fat centrifugal separator. An overhead hoist was lowering stainless steel disks into the separator housing when the employee's left small finger was caught under the disks. The sharp edges of the disks amputated the employee's fingertip (1/4 inch).

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