# Amputations at Gottsch Livestock Feeders, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2015010084` · 1/5/2015 · MAXWELL, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Feed grinders, crushers, mixers-agricultural
## Employer
- **Name:** Gottsch Livestock Feeders, LLC
- **Location:** Pawnee Springs Ranch, MAXWELL, NEBRASKA, 69151
- **NAICS:** 112112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On or about January 5th, 2015,at approximately 1:30 pm, an employee was greasing a bearing on the Buffalo roller mill in preparation to roll corn for cattle feed.  The roller mill was being driven by a PTO.  The employees left hand was pulled by a chain into a sprocket, amputating the left index finger.  The employee was transported to Great Plains Regional Hospital with the amputated finger for treatment.

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