# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Ornua (Whitehall) Ingredients Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024010960` · 1/31/2024 · WHITEHALL, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Heating and cooking machinery, appliances  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Ornua (Whitehall) Ingredients Inc.
- **Location:** 17201 Specialty Way, WHITEHALL, WISCONSIN, 54773
- **NAICS:** 311513
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing debris from a cheese cooker as it was being assembled. A valve in the machine (designed to divert material when metal is detected) triggered and injured the employee's right hand. He suffered a partial amputation to the middle finger, as well as a cut on the ring finger.

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