# Amputations at Morski Brands, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020054656` · 5/20/2020 · PORTAGE, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Morski Brands, Inc.
- **Location:** 1530 La Dawn Drive, PORTAGE, WISCONSIN, 53901
- **NAICS:** 311999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a processing line. He was moving to insert a drain plug into a hopper, below an auger, when his left middle finger slipped into the drain hole. The auger amputated his fingertip.

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