# Amputations at Pagels Ponderosa Dairy LLC
> OSHA SIR `2018021807` · 2/21/2018 · KEWAUNEE, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Trailers
## Employer
- **Name:** Pagels Ponderosa Dairy LLC
- **Location:** N4893 Cty Rd C, KEWAUNEE, WISCONSIN, 54216
- **NAICS:** 112120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On February 21, 2018, an employee was attempting to close the valve on a milk tanker trailer when pressure in the trailer pulled his right middle finger between the valve and the trailer, pinching it and resulting in an amputation.

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