# Amputations at BelGioioso Cheese Inc - Freedom plant
> OSHA SIR `2022021535` · 2/16/2022 · APPLETON, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Packaging, bottling, wrapping machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** BelGioioso Cheese Inc - Freedom plant
- **Location:** N4056 Vine Road, APPLETON, WISCONSIN, 54913
- **NAICS:** 311513
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On February 16, 2022, an employee was removing a thin sheet of plastic from a production machine when the machine cycled and amputated the employee's index fingertip.

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