# Amputations at Valley Queen Cheese Factory, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20171211545` · 12/5/2017 · ESTELLINE, SOUTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
## Employer
- **Name:** Valley Queen Cheese Factory, Inc.
- **Location:** Global Dairy, ESTELLINE, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57234
- **NAICS:** 311513
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attaching a dairy hose from a bulk tank to a tanker when the employee's right middle fingertip was caught and amputated by a latch on the truck.

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