# Amputations at Pinters Packing Plant Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020088088` · 8/25/2020 · DORCHESTER, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Butchering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Pinters Packing Plant Inc.
- **Location:** 193 S. Front Street, DORCHESTER, WISCONSIN, 54425
- **NAICS:** 424470
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On August 25, 2020, an employee was operating a vertical band saw to cut meat when the employee's right hand made contact with the energized saw blade, resulting in an amputation to the right thumb tip.

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