# Amputations at Lakeside Foods, Inc
> OSHA SIR `20181010121` · 10/1/2018 · EDEN, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Meat grinders
## Employer
- **Name:** Lakeside Foods, Inc
- **Location:** 108 West Main St, EDEN, WISCONSIN, 53019
- **NAICS:** 311119
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was checking a grinder for product when a 40-pound block of meat fell. The employee's right little finger was caught between two metal plates, suffering a partial amputation.

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