# Amputations at Arps Dairy, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020109828` · 10/15/2020 · DEFIANCE, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Special process machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Arps Dairy, Inc.
- **Location:** 220 N. Clinton St., DEFIANCE, OHIO, 43512
- **NAICS:** 424430
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was clearing a jam in the half pint machine and amputated their left middle fingertip when it contacted the conveyor chain.

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