# Amputations at Prairie Ag Partners
> OSHA SIR `2016076014` · 7/5/2016 · ARLINGTON, SOUTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **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.

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