# Amputations at Kwik Trip
> OSHA SIR `2019054627` · 5/7/2019 · LA CROSSE, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Kwik Trip
- **Location:** 2308 Commerce Street, LA CROSSE, WISCONSIN, 54603
- **NAICS:** 311812
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was being trained on the operation of a 5-step depositor machine that fills muffin baking cups with batter. While the working motion of the machine was being demonstrated the employee contacted the slicing blade resulting in amputation of the pad of a finger. The machine was unguarded at the time.

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