# Amputations at Saputo Cheese USA Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020043681` · 4/21/2020 · LENA, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Saputo Cheese USA Inc.
- **Location:** 317 N Rosera St., LENA, WISCONSIN, 54139
- **NAICS:** 311513
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to remove an actuator pipe/valve combo that had fallen into a hopper with an auger when his arm triggered a sensor, causing a pneumatic valve to close on his right ring finger and amputate the fingertip. The auger was moving at the time of the incident.

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