# Amputations at Monogram Appetizers, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023032462` · 3/18/2023 · PLOVER, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Food slicers
## Employer
- **Name:** Monogram Appetizers, LLC
- **Location:** 300 Moore Road, PLOVER, WISCONSIN, 54467
- **NAICS:** 311412
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A maintenance employee changed the belt on the drive chain on a slicer machine and was kneeling to visually observe the rotation of the belt. As the employee stood up, their left hand made contact with the in-running nip point created by the belt and pulley. The employee's left middle finger was amputated to the cuticle of the fingernail.

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