# Amputations at Great Lakes Cheese of La Crosse, Wisconsin, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018021284` · 2/7/2018 · LA CROSSE, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
- **Secondary source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** Great Lakes Cheese of La Crosse, Wisconsin, Inc.
- **Location:** 2200 Enterprise Avenue, LA CROSSE, WISCONSIN, 54603
- **NAICS:** 311513
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The injured employee was adjusting a pallet when another employee placed product onto the pallet that the injured employee was adjusting, pinching the injured employee's right middle finger between the pallet and a spacer resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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