# Amputations at Richelieu Foods, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018054280` · 5/2/2018 · WHEELING, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Food slicers
## Employer
- **Name:** Richelieu Foods, Inc.
- **Location:** 120 W. Palatine Rd., WHEELING, ILLINOIS, 60090
- **NAICS:** 311999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to remove a piece of cheese from a cheese slicer when the blade amputated the employee's right middle fingertip.

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