# Amputations at IPMF LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022053764` · 5/2/2022 · JANESVILLE, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Meat grinders
## Employer
- **Name:** IPMF LLC
- **Location:** 100 Innovation Dr, JANESVILLE, WISCONSIN, 53546
- **NAICS:** 311422
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had been loading frozen blocks of salmon chum into a meat grinder. A block jammed in the top infeed of the grinder. The employee turned off the machine and went to unjam the grinder. The auger was still rotating and amputated the employee's left little and ring fingers.

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