# Amputations at Darigold
> OSHA SIR `2021042936` · 4/8/2021 · BOZEMAN, MONTANA
## 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:** Darigold
- **Location:** 1001 North 7th Avenue, BOZEMAN, MONTANA, 59715
- **NAICS:** 311511
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading milk into the milk tanker from the silos. The employee noticed a leak on the valve stem and went to stop the leak by tapping it. The valve closed on his left ring fingertip and amputated it.

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