# Amputations at Cheese Pleasers Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021108990` · 10/19/2021 · BANCROFT, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Special process machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Cheese Pleasers Inc.
- **Location:** 5364 Glennville Road, BANCROFT, WISCONSIN, 54921
- **NAICS:** 311513
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On October 19, 2021, at 2:00 p.m., an employee removed chunks of cheese from a machine when a cylinder activated and the employee's right fingers were pinched between the cylinder and a stainless steel part, resulting in an amputation to the little finger and fractures in three additional fingers.

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