# Amputations at Packers Sanitation Services, Inc. LTD
> OSHA SIR `2020076895` · 7/22/2020 · KIELER, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** Packers Sanitation Services, Inc. LTD
- **Location:** 3681 Prism Lane, KIELER, WISCONSIN, 53812
- **NAICS:** 561720
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On July 22, 2020, at approximately 2:00 AM, an employee was preparing to wash down equipment. When he opened the door of the equipment, his left thumb was pinched against the power panel attached to the opposite wall, causing an injury that required surgical amputation of the distal portion of the thumb.

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