# Amputations at Nutraferma
> OSHA SIR `2015053196` · 5/27/2015 · NORTH SIOUX CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Nutraferma
- **Location:** 501 South Flynn, NORTH SIOUX CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57049
- **NAICS:** 311119
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee suffered the amputation of the right pinky fingertip while trying to secure an access panel that guards a rotating auger.

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