# Amputations at Briess Industries, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022119643` · 11/3/2022 · WATERLOO, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Briess Industries, Inc.
- **Location:** 901 Madison St. W, WATERLOO, WISCONSIN, 53594
- **NAICS:** 311213
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was shutting down at the end of a shift when he noticed dust was jamming his machine. When the employee cleared the jam, his fingers made contact with the rotary airlock blade, resulting in the amputation of the middle finger right below the fingernail and the ring fingertip.

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