# Amputations at Fromm Nieman Brand Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018099921` · 9/25/2018 · MEQUON, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Conveyors-powered, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Fromm Nieman Brand Inc.
- **Location:** 13145 N. Green Bay Road, MEQUON, WISCONSIN, 53092
- **NAICS:** 311111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was verifying ingredients inside a tank when his hand was caught in a moving airlock on a conveyor system. Four of his fingers were amputated.

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