# Amputations at Marathon Cheese Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2021075761` · 7/14/2021 · MARATHON, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Special process machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Marathon Cheese Corporation
- **Location:** 304 East Street, MARATHON, WISCONSIN, 54448
- **NAICS:** 311513
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was preparing to straighten a photo proximity eye in a machine when their left index finger was pinched between a moving belt and a fixed component of the machine, resulting in a fingertip amputation. The machine was unguarded at the time of the incident.

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