# Amputations at Phelps Industries, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023098308` · 9/8/2023 · JANESVILLE, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Phelps Industries, LLC
- **Location:** 400 West Venture Drive, JANESVILLE, WISCONSIN, 53546
- **NAICS:** 424490
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing routine sanitation activities at a silo in the processing room. They went to grab a piece of meat from an auger when the auger started. The employee's left hand became caught in the auger resulting in amputation of their little finger and crushing of their index, middle, and ring fingers.

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