# Amputations at Lindt & Sprungli (USA) Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021010097` · 1/5/2021 · STRATHAM, NEW HAMPSHIRE
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Valves, nozzles
## Employer
- **Name:** Lindt & Sprungli (USA) Inc.
- **Location:** 1 Fine Chocolate Place, STRATHAM, NEW HAMPSHIRE, 03885
- **NAICS:** 311351
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was swapping valves when a pneumatic valve actuated, resulting in amputation of their right index fingertip.

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