# Amputations at Gehl Foods, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2016010592` · 1/21/2016 · GERMANTOWN, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Valves, nozzles
## Employer
- **Name:** Gehl Foods, LLC
- **Location:** N116 W15970 Main St, GERMANTOWN, WISCONSIN, 53022
- **NAICS:** 311991
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A maintenance employee was rebuilding a valve, using air pressure to compress and seat a spring into place. The air pressure came off and the valve spring released. The employee's left-hand fingers were pinched between the spring and valve housing port, partially amputating a fingertip.

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