# Amputations at Great Lakes Cheese Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021098004` · 9/17/2021 · HIRAM, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Sealing, stapling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Great Lakes Cheese Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 17825 GREAT LAKES PARKWAY, HIRAM, OHIO, 44234
- **NAICS:** 311513
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a trim sealer to seal a bag of trim cheese. The seal bar caught the employee's finger, causing a partial amputation to the fingertip.

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