Amputations

Name: Amputations at Prairie Ag Partners
Start: 7/5/2016

1 amputation · 2016076014 · 7/5/2016 · Prairie Ag Partners

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Conveyors-bucket, cup

Employer

Name: Prairie Ag Partners
Location: 405 S Hwy 81, ARLINGTON, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57212
NAICS: 115112
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was helping a millwright remove a backstop from the grain leg of a silo when the employee's left thumb was partially amputated by a de-energized belt and pulley that moved due to the weight of the product in the cups on top of it.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown