# Amputations at Brand Electric and Grain Equipment Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016065535` · 6/22/2016 · FARNAM, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Pumps
## Employer
- **Name:** Brand Electric and Grain Equipment Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 13 Miles South, FARNAM, NEBRASKA, 69029
- **NAICS:** 237110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A company was installing an irrigation pivot when the pump malfunctioned, allowing the water to seep back down the hole. When an employee attempted to slow the spinning shaft, it amputated his right-hand pinky and ring fingers.

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