# Amputations at Mexican Cheese Producers, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021032588` · 3/26/2021 · DARLINGTON, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
## Employer
- **Name:** Mexican Cheese Producers, Inc.
- **Location:** 2010 Center Drive, DARLINGTON, WISCONSIN, 53530
- **NAICS:** 311513
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was maneuvering a cheese cart when one of the cheese tubes on the cart came loose and struck his thumb, resulting in a partial amputation of the left thumb tip.

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