# Amputations at Frito Lay
> OSHA SIR `2018032659` · 3/18/2018 · BELOIT, 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
## Employer
- **Name:** Frito Lay
- **Location:** 2810 Kennedy Drive, BELOIT, WISCONSIN, 53511
- **NAICS:** 311919
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving magnets when two of the magnets were drawn together and crushed his fingertip, resulting in a partial amputation.

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