# Amputations at Daybreak Foods, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023109725` · 10/21/2023 · LAKE MILLS, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Bottling, canning, filling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Daybreak Foods, Inc.
- **Location:** N 5344 Crossman Rd, LAKE MILLS, WISCONSIN, 53551
- **NAICS:** 112310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On October 21, 2023, at approximately 8:30 AM, an employee was performing repairs on a seal and filter cap assembly on an egg white filler tower to stop a leak. The piston was activated and the employee's right thumb tip was pinched between the filter cap and seal, resulting in a partial amputation.

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