# Amputations at Cedar Valley Cheese, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2019099272` · 9/6/2019 · BELGIUM, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Heating and cooking machinery and appliances, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Cedar Valley Cheese, Inc
- **Location:** W3111 Jay rd, BELGIUM, WISCONSIN, 53004
- **NAICS:** 311513
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

During unloading of a commercial water heater from a delivery truck, an employee's left index finger was pinched between a fork on the unloading vehicle and the top edge of the water heater. The left index finger was lacerated approximately 1 inch from the tip. A portion of the left index finger was surgically amputated.

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