# Amputations at BelGioioso Cheese, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020077126` · 7/29/2020 · GLENVILLE, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Dairy and milk processing machinery-specialized
## Employer
- **Name:** BelGioioso Cheese, Inc.
- **Location:** 300 BelGioioso Blvd, GLENVILLE, NEW YORK, 12302
- **NAICS:** 311513
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing cheese curd from a plugged line when the rotating star valve amputated approximately 3/4-inch of his right index fingertip.

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