# Amputations at O-AT-KA Milk Products Cooperative, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017065619` · 6/19/2017 · BATAVIA, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Valves, nozzles
## Employer
- **Name:** O-AT-KA Milk Products Cooperative, Inc.
- **Location:** 4815 Ellicott Street, BATAVIA, NEW YORK, 14020
- **NAICS:** 311514
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was tightening a valve nut when the hydraulic action of the fluid inside the valve forced the valve shut. The valve closed on the employee's left ring finger, amputating the finger pad (no nail or bone loss). The valve's safety pin was not in place at the time.

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