# Amputations at Del Monte Foods Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022097912` · 9/6/2022 · PLOVER, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Stacking machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Del Monte Foods Inc.
- **Location:** 1400 Plover Road, PLOVER, WISCONSIN, 54467
- **NAICS:** 311421
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a palletizer machine when it jammed. The employee was trying to clear the jam when the machine caught their left middle finger. The fingertip was amputated halfway up the nail.

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