# Amputations at Guggisberg Cheese, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20231211572` · 12/21/2023 · SUGARCREEK, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Conveyors-powered, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Guggisberg Cheese, Inc.
- **Location:** 1545 County Road 70, SUGARCREEK, OHIO, 44681
- **NAICS:** 311513
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning the conveyor on a piece of equipment when they slipped and their right hand was pulled into the chain sprocket. The employee's fifth fingertip was amputated.

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