# Amputations at Puris Proteins, LLC.
> OSHA SIR `2019088796` · 8/24/2019 · TURTLE LAKE, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Special process machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Puris Proteins, LLC.
- **Location:** 105 South Maple Street, TURTLE LAKE, WISCONSIN, 54889
- **NAICS:** 311222
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On August 24, 2019, an employee was unplugging the rotary valve under a cyclone when the employee's left index finger contacted the moving rotary valve, resulting in a partial amputation of the left index fingertip.

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