# Amputations at Garden-Fresh Foods, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023054809` · 5/31/2023 · MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Garden-Fresh Foods, Inc.
- **Location:** 726 S. 12th St., MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, 53204
- **NAICS:** 311991
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a machine to weigh a product when he noticed the weight was incorrect. The employee opened the machine to check the gasket and while his hand was on the piston, the machine was activated and amputated the employee's middle fingertip.

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