# Amputations at Hilmar Cheese Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023043135` · 4/10/2023 · DALHART, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Packaging, bottling, wrapping machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Hilmar Cheese Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 12400 US 385, DALHART, TEXAS, 79022
- **NAICS:** 311513
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unjamming a slip sheet conveyor when the machine actuated, catching and amputating the employee's left index fingertip.

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