# Amputations at Equity Cooperative Livestock Sales Association
> OSHA SIR `2021043065` · 4/12/2021 · MONROE, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by animal, unspecified
- **Source:** Cattle and other bovines
- **Secondary source:** Gates
## Employer
- **Name:** Equity Cooperative Livestock Sales Association
- **Location:** N1365 Hwy 69, MONROE, WISCONSIN, 53566
- **NAICS:** 424520
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was sorting steers in an alley. The employee's right ring and little fingers were crushed between the gate and the steer, and the employee's right thumb was lacerated. The ring and little fingers were medically amputated at the first knuckle below the nail.

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