# Amputations at Minot Milling, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015031599` · 3/30/2015 · MINOT, NORTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Minot Milling, Inc.
- **Location:** 5600 Fourth Avenue NE, MINOT, NORTH DAKOTA, 58703
- **NAICS:** 311211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee sustained a thumb amputation when he attempted to unclog a rotary valve. The machine was not locked out at the time.

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