# Amputations at Saputo Cheese USA, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2022010460` · 1/17/2022 · ALMENA, WISCONSIN
## 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:** Saputo Cheese USA, Inc
- **Location:** 1052 6th Street, ALMENA, WISCONSIN, 54805
- **NAICS:** 311513
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On January 17, 2022, an employee was detaching a dairy tanker valve after loading out cream. The pressure from the pump caused the valve stem to slam down and amputate the employee's right middle finger.

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