# Amputations at Stoltze Specialty Products, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2016010471` · 1/18/2016 · MEDFORD, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Stoltze Specialty Products, LLC
- **Location:** 333 South Wisconsin Avenue, MEDFORD, WISCONSIN, 54451
- **NAICS:** 311999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On January 18, 2016, an employee's finger got caught in the cross auger (screw type auger) while clearing a product jam. The employee initially received an avulsion injury to the right ring finger. The finger was later surgically amputated.

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