# Amputations at Saputo Cheese USA Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022065057` · 6/11/2022 · WAUPUN, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Valves, nozzles
## Employer
- **Name:** Saputo Cheese USA Inc.
- **Location:** N3545 County Road EE, WAUPUN, WISCONSIN, 53963
- **NAICS:** 311513
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was replacing an O-ring on an air valve. When putting the stem of the valve back in place, the connection between the air hose and valve got disconnected causing the stem to close on the employee's fingertip resulting in a partial amputation.

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