# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Saputo Cheese USA Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024010768` · 1/24/2024 · BLACK CREEK, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
- **Source:** Tanker trucks
- **Secondary source:** Valves, nozzles
## Employer
- **Name:** Saputo Cheese USA Inc.
- **Location:** 307 N. Clark St., BLACK CREEK, WISCONSIN, 54106
- **NAICS:** 311513
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had finished loading a milk truck with sweet cream. As the employee was attempting to remove the cotter pin on the valve, his hand was caught on the valve flap, resulting in a partial amputation to the left index fingertip.

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