# Amputations at Monogram Foods
> OSHA SIR `2022086872` · 8/4/2022 · PLOVER, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Monogram Foods
- **Location:** 300 Moore Road, PLOVER, WISCONSIN, 54467
- **NAICS:** 311412
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working at a heat bagger machine that puts food products into bags. While they were changing out the roll of film to create bags, the employee's left ring finger was caught in a pinch point on a belt and a pulley. The finger was medically amputated. The machine was not guarded at the time.

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