# Amputations at Briess Industries Inc
> OSHA SIR `2021098438` · 9/30/2021 · CHILTON, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Briess Industries Inc
- **Location:** 625 South Irish Road, CHILTON, WISCONSIN, 53014
- **NAICS:** 311213
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing a new gear in a hand-operated flake mill and trying to line up the gear with a worm screw shaft approximately 18 inches long and weighing 30 pounds. The employee's left thumb was pinched between the shaft and the gear, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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