# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Vets Plus, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024109724` · 10/18/2024 · MENOMONIE, 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:** Bottling, canning, filling machinery
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Vets Plus, Inc.
- **Location:** 302 Cedar Falls Road, MENOMONIE, WISCONSIN, 54751
- **NAICS:** 311111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On October 18, 2024, at approximately 9:35 a.m., an employee was attempting to clear a clog/jam in the filling machine while co-workers were preparing to purge the machine and begin startup. While clearing the clog, the filling machine actuated and the employee's index fingertip was amputated.

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