# Amputations at Roskom Meats, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2021021005` · 2/4/2021 · KAUKAUNA, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Butchering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Roskom Meats, LLC
- **Location:** W803 County Road S, KAUKAUNA, WISCONSIN, 54130
- **NAICS:** 311612
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on top of a meat stuffer pushing ground meat through the funnel into plastic tubing when the machine was turned on causing the plastic turbine to contact the employee's right hand and amputated two fingertips.

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