# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Select Custom Solutions, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024075924` · 7/2/2024 · LA CROSSE, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Mixers, blenders, whippers food and beverage
- **Secondary source:** Valves, nozzles
## Employer
- **Name:** Select Custom Solutions, LLC
- **Location:** 2340 Enterprise Avenue, LA CROSSE, WISCONSIN, 54603
- **NAICS:** 311514
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a blending line and connecting a rotary valve to the bagging. He attempted to clear some powder stuck on the rotary valve while the blades were moving, resulting in the amputation of his right middle fingertip.

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