# Amputations at Foremost Farms USA, Cooperative
> OSHA SIR `2018032650` · 3/18/2018 · REEDSBURG, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
## Employer
- **Name:** Foremost Farms USA, Cooperative
- **Location:** 501 S. PINE STREET, REEDSBURG, WISCONSIN, 53959
- **NAICS:** 311512
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to close a valve on a milk transfer line when the valve snapped shut under pressure, closing on and partially amputating the employee's right ring fingertip.

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